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Wilmerding, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1897 – Vintage Wall Art

Wilmerding, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1897, c1897 Aug. 27. — historic print
Wilmerding, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1897, c1897 Aug. 27.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Wilmerding, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1897. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Wilmerding, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1897

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Wilmerding was a planned company town in Allegheny County, built in the early 1890s around the Westinghouse Air Brake works east of Pittsburgh. The record dates this view to circa August 27, 1897, only a few years after the factory and its workers' housing went up. A shelflist card names T.M. Fowler in connection with the picture, but that attribution is unverified. The scene is worth studying for how an industrial community of that era was laid out along the rail lines that its products served.

Created / publishedc1897 Aug. 27.
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127230

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