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Excavation and Foundation of William Penn Hotel

November 2, 1914

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Excavation and Foundation of William Penn Hotel
  • Title
  • Excavation and Foundation of William Penn Hotel
  • Creator
  • R.W. Johnston Studios
  • Date
  • November 2, 1914
  • Identifier
  • 200805.09.WP
  • Description
  • Progress Photograph Number 11, for the William Penn Hotel. This photograph portrays further excavation for the hotel. 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 "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. There is a building in the background that is being constructed simultaneously. It is visible is 200801.03.WP and in this photograph. In a map in 1929, this location and plot of land is empty.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Hotels--Design and construction
    Buildings--Design and construction
    Buildings
  • 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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