View of Pittsburgh & Allegheny / Otto Krebs lith., Pittsburgh. – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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View of Pittsburgh & Allegheny / Otto Krebs lith., Pittsburgh. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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View of Pittsburgh & Allegheny / Otto Krebs lith., Pittsburgh.
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Here the viewer looks down on Pittsburgh and Allegheny across the rivers that meet at the city's point, the spot where the Allegheny and Monongahela join to form the Ohio. Bird's-eye views like this were popular in the 1870s, when lithographic printing made large, detailed street-level panoramas affordable for civic pride and commerce. Allegheny City, shown across the water, was then a separate municipality and was not annexed by Pittsburgh until 1907. The print was issued by the Pittsburgh lithographer Otto Krebs, and its color and crowded detail record a city then growing rapidly on its iron, glass and steel industries.
| Created / published | c1874. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color ; 40 x 68.5 cm. (image with border and accompanying text) |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1870-1880.Cityscape prints 1870-1880.Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 10349E U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Otto Krebs. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 832.2 |
| Subjects | Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1870-1880. Pittsburgh (Pa.)--1870-1880.United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 894 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107367 |
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