[View of the South side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Bluff St., showing railroad trestle work down to river] – Antique Photo Print
![[View of the South side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Bluff St., showing railroad trestle work down to river], ca. 1888, printed later and c1952. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6d784394fc0d-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [View of the South side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Bluff St., showing railroad trestle work down to river] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[View of the South side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Bluff St., showing railroad trestle work down to river]
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From Bluff Street on Pittsburgh's South Side, this view looks down over railroad trestle work that carries track toward the river. The South Side bluffs offered a good vantage point in the late 1880s, when rail lines and riverfront freight traffic were growing to serve the city's mills and factories. The photograph dates to about 1888, but this print was made later, and its 1952 copyright notice credits Mrs. Wilbur F. Galbraith, a reminder that many older city views survive through later printings. The trestles dominating the foreground show the engineering that linked the hillside neighborhoods to the working Monongahela below.
| Created / published | ca. 1888, printed later and c1952. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Cityscape photographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1900-1950. |
| Notes | Copyright by Mrs. Wilbur F. Galbraith, 1952. |
| Subjects | Cities & towns--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1880-1890. Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,260 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-190762 |
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