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[Pittsburgh, Pa., Exposition bldg.] – Antique Wall Art

[Pittsburgh, Pa., Exposition bldg.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Pittsburgh, Pa., Exposition bldg.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Pittsburgh collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Pittsburgh, Pa., Exposition bldg.], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Pittsburgh, Pa., Exposition bldg.]

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The Exposition Building was the home of the Western Pennsylvania Exposition, a long-running industrial fair that gave Pittsburgh manufacturers and tradesmen a regular public showcase. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative, made between 1900 and 1910, is tagged with the subjects of construction and exhibitions, which points to the building itself and the trades involved in it. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views of American cities and landscapes in the early 1900s, produced the negative, and its survival in a Colorado collection reflects how widely the company's images circulated. The plate offers a useful glimpse of how Pittsburgh presented its industry to the public before World War I.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6055" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039104. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsWestern Pennsylvania Exposition--(Pittsburgh). Construction industry. Exhibitions.United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68795

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