Pittsburgh, Nov 12, Pennsylvania, 1924 – Vintage 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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Pittsburgh, Nov 12, Pennsylvania, 1924 comes to life in this historic image, 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.
Library of Congress record: Pittsburgh, Penn., Nov. 12, 1924
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Pittsburgh, Nov 12, Pennsylvania, 1924
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Few details survive in this record beyond the setting, a stone building in Pittsburgh, and the date of 1924, so the picture's particular interest lies in the crowd gathered before the façade. Large posed group portraits of this kind were a common way for institutions, clubs, workplaces and civic organizations to record their membership in the early twentieth century, when photographers used heavy cameras and long exposures that required subjects to stand still in rows. Pittsburgh in the 1920s was a center of steel, glass and coal, and its stone buildings often housed churches, schools, mills offices and social halls. Looking closely at the arrangement of men and women, the clothing and the building's architecture can offer clues to the group's purpose.
| Created / published | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Creator | altwater & bro |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,977 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Pittsburgh, Penn., Nov. 12, 1924 |
| Reference | PA Pittsburgh, Nov 12, 1924 |
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