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Path to Flaig's Lodge
1940-1945
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Title
Path to Flaig's Lodge
Date
1940-1945
Identifier
20160001-hpicnpl-0002
Description
Photo of path to Flaig's Lodge, Millvale, PA. Flaig's Lodge in was home to a gunmaking business that opened in 1935 and was run by brothers Edwin Flaig, Alfred Flaig and Charles Flaig in Ross Township, Allgheny County, PA. The lodge was located off Babcock Boulevard at Thompson Run Road. They were known for their custom made hunting rifles and shotguns. The lodge featured many landmarks including a stairway on the property made up of 115 millstone steps, a monogrammed chimney and over 12,000 evergreen trees on the property. Photo shows a path and stairway up a steep wooded hill to the log cabin lodge with a newer addition on the right at the top of the hillside The path has a wooden hand rail on the right hand side. Back of photo is hand labeled "Flaig's Hill early 1940s."
Type
still image
Subject
Ross (Allegheny County, Pa.: Township)
Babcock Boulevard (Ross, Pa.)
Thompson Run Road (Ross, Pa.)
Gunsmiths
Firearms
Shotguns
Gunsmithing
Geographic Subjects
Ross (Allegheny County, Pa. : Township)
Contributor
Northland Public Library
Collection
Northland Historical Image Collection
Rights Information
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