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[Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa.], c1901. — historic photograph
[Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa.], c1901.. Historic photograph from the Books & Writers 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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Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the subject here, a civic building funded by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, who paid for hundreds of public libraries across the country. The Pittsburgh library opened in 1895 in the Oakland district, alongside the Carnegie Institute, and it reflected the era's belief that free public reading rooms could widen access to learning. This view was made as a glass plate negative around 1901 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for large-format views of American cities and landmarks.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). 799" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013883. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLibraries.United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan6,456 × 5,171 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-58684

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