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Collection Information

Title:
Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections
Collection Home:
http://images.library.pitt.edu/pghphotos External Link
Items:
Browse 9625 Items in Collection
Description:
The Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections website contains over 8,000 visual images of the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania region selected from dozens of photographic collections held by three cultural heritage institutions in Pittsburgh. The image collections visually document the cultural, educational and social development of the city of Pittsburgh, as well as depict the vast infrastructure and industry of the region. Many portray Pittsburgh's large immigrant workforce, its steel industries, its public schools, its civic "renaissance" of the mid-1940s and 1950s, and its African-American communities.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
African Americans-Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Portraits
African Americans-Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works
Public works--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Family--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Portraits
Iron and steel workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Jews--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Food industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Pictorial works
Steel-works--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works
Public schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--Pictorial works
Railroad stations--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Public works----Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Parks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works
Labor unions--United States--History--20th century
Street-railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Trolley buses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Domestic life--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Clothing and dress--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Landscape photograph--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Hotels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Buildings design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
GEM Subjects:
Social Studies
State history
United States history
Urban studies
Arts
Architecture
Photography
Science
Astronomy
Engineering
Geographic Coverage:
Middle Atlantic U.S. (general region)
Northeastern U.S. (general region)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (state)
Time Period:
1850-1899
1900-1929
1930-1949
1950-1969
Objects Represented:
Photographs / slides / negatives
Format:
image/jpeg
Audience:
General public
Genealogists/History Enthusiasts
K-12 students
Undergraduate Students
Staff at peer/partner organizations
K-12 teachers and administrators
Scholars/Researchers/Graduate Students
Interaction with Collection:
Search
Exhibit
Browse
Access Rights:
none
Copyright & IP rights:
http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?xc=1;page=index;g=imls;tpl=rights.tpl External Link
Size:
9,625
Frequency of additions:
Monthly
Alternative Access:
University of Pittsburgh OPAC (PittCat)
Supplementary Materials:
Essay(s)
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Contributing Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

Associated Collections

Associated Physical Collections:

Title:
Aerial Photograph Collection, ca. 1923-1937, AIS 88:6
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Records of the Allegheny Observatory, 1850-1967, AIS 64:22
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
James R. Cox Collection, 1923-1950, AIS 69:5
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Photograph Collection of John Gates, ca. 1910, AIS 91:22
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Records of the Kingsley Association, 1894-1980, AIS 70:5
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Records of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, 1903-1971, AIS 82:23
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-1994, AIS 71:5
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Photograph Collection of the Spencer Family, 1896-1911, AIS 90:7
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Records of the Urban League of Pittsburgh, 1918-1967, AIS 81:11
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Collection of William J. Gaughan, 1887-1988, AIS 94:3
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Oliver M. Kaufmann Photograph Collection of the Irene Kaufmann Settlement, 1912-1969, AIS 78:12
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
UE News Photograph Collection, 1936-present
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
University Archives, 1884-present
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP #285
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
F. Theodore Wagner, Photographs, ca. 1903-1947, MSP #388
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Gretton, Frederick T., Papers, 1857-1953, MSS #328
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP #0057
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Photographs, 1897-1946, Western Pennsylvania Jewish Archives, MSP #78
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
James Benney (III), Photographs, 1888-1889, PSS #0020
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection, Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP #33
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Lyon, Shorb & Company, Photographs, ca. 1863-1867, PSS #0006
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Mesta Machine Company, Photographs, 1906-1925, MSP #0210
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Pittsburgh Public Schools, Photographs, 1880-1982, MSP #117
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Trimble Company, Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP #80
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Title:
Pittsburgh Railways Company Collection, 1872-1974, AIS 74:29
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
Teenie Harris Collection
Hosting Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art
Title:
Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of Photographs
Hosting Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art
Title:
Darlington Family Collection
Title:
Union Arcade Building Collections
Title:
Union Arcade Building Collections
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.

Complementary Digital Collections:

Title:
Historic Pittsburgh Website
Collection Home:
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ External Link
Hosting Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.
Title:
American Memory
Collection Home:
http://memory.loc.gov/ External Link
Title:
Life in Western Pennsylvania 1840-1970
Collection Home:
http://www.lifeinwesternpa.org/ External Link
Hosting Institution:
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

Associated Projects

Title of Project:
Imaging Pittsburgh: Creating a Shared Gateway to Digital Image Collections of Pittsburgh
IMLS Grant Type:
NLG
IMLS Grant Number:
LG-30-02-0251
Project URL:
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?xc=1;g=imls;page=index;tpl=about.tpl External Link
Administering Institution:
University of Pittsburgh. University Library System.