View of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, 1907 – 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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania, 1907 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of Blairsville, Pa.
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View of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, 1907
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Blairsville, a borough in Indiana County on the Conemaugh River, sat in the heart of western Pennsylvania's coal and iron country in 1907. Coal mining and the railroads that hauled its output shaped daily life in the valley, and the Pennsylvania Railroad's line along the river linked the town to Pittsburgh to the west and to the east. Residents of the period would still have remembered the Johnstown Flood of 1889, which swept down the Conemaugh from upriver and reminded valley towns how closely their fortunes were tied to the river and its rail lines. By the early twentieth century, churches, schools, and the storefronts along the main streets gave the borough its settled, small-town character, while the mines and mills beyond its edges set the pace of work.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | archibald, j. p. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,172 × 599 px · prints to 17 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Blairsville, Pa. |
| Reference | PA View of Blairsville, 1907 |
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