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[Allegheny Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Allegheny Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Allegheny Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], [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: [Allegheny Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Allegheny Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.]

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The image shows the Allegheny Observatory, which sat on a hill in Riverview Park on Pittsburgh's North Side, where its domed building and grounds stood above the city and the rivers below. The observatory grew out of the Western University of Pennsylvania and was one of the more important scientific institutions in the region, known for its astronomical work and its large telescopes. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced American views for sale to tourists and collectors in the late 1800s and early 1900s, made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, so the picture records how a civic landmark was documented during the era of the company's commercial travel photography.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket: Phipps (Allegheny) Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. G 4972" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036465. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAstronomical observatories. Parks.United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67941

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