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General View of Excavation for William Penn Hotel

September 15, 1914

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General View of Excavation for William Penn Hotel
  • Title
  • General View of Excavation for William Penn Hotel
  • Creator
  • R.W. Johnston Studios
  • Date
  • September 15, 1914
  • Identifier
  • 200805.03.WP
  • Description
  • Progress Photograph Number 3, for the William Penn Hotel. The hotel was designed by Janssen and Abbot and the construction engineer was James L. Stuart. There is a similar photograph in the Historic Pittsburgh database, although the perspective of the photograph is shifted. Its identifier number is 715.131252.CP and the link is: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:715.131252.CP. The description from the aforementioned photograph says that the image was taken at "Grant Street, Corner of 6th from Oliver." Aside from Eaton Company Undertakers, signs for the Teufel's Café and Bar and Pittsburgh Brewing Co's Beer are in the background. The steeple in the background belongs to the First English Evangelical Church, on Garland Way.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Building sites
    Hotels--Design and construction
    Buildings--Design and construction
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • William Penn Hotel Construction Progress Photograph Collection, 1914-1916
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Progress Photographs: William Penn Hotel
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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