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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks V7:2025-2030
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philadelphia Record
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buhl Science Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
- Jones & Laughlin Corporation (Pa.).
- Carnegie Music Hall (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- East Liberty Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Mounted police--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- War blackouts--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Flood control--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Monuments & memorials--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Planetariums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Prison facilities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Post offices--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Lincoln Highway (Pa.).
- George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Ohio River.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Local Subjects:
- Mounted police--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- War blackouts--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Flood control--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Monuments & memorials--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Planetariums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Prison facilities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Post offices--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Genre:
- Cityscape photographs
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of the Philadelphia Record
- Physical Description:
- 41 photoprints : silver gelatin
- Place of Publication:
- 1927-1946
- Summary:
- Contains many cityscape views of Pittsburgh, Pa. in the day and in the evening. Sites depicted include Forbes Field, the post office, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the Carnegie Music Hall, Allegheny General Hospital, Buhl Planetarium, Western State Penitentiary, Western State Psychiatric Hospital, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, the Westinghouse Memorial, the George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge on the Lincoln Highway, and the Ohio River. Also portrays mounted police, war blackouts, and flood control.
- These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and
- Notes:
- Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.
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