Pittsburgs busiest thoroughfare Fifth Ave. from Smithfield St. Pittsburg Pa. U.S.A. – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Pittsburgs busiest thoroughfare Fifth Ave. from Smithfield St. Pittsburg Pa. U.S.A., preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Pittsburgs busiest thoroughfare Fifth Ave. from Smithfield St. Pittsburg Pa. U.S.A.
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Fifth Avenue at Smithfield Street was among the busiest crossings in downtown Pittsburgh, and this 1907 view shows the street as a working city thoroughfare. In the early 1900s, Pittsburgh was a center of steel and iron manufacturing, and its downtown streets carried streetcars, delivery wagons, and pedestrians moving between offices, shops, and the rail and river connections nearby. The picture was registered for copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office, which is one reason it survives as a dated record of the streetscape and daily traffic of that period.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Notes | H94402 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13201. · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | City & town life--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,921 × 4,608 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-270792 |
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