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Indian Trail Steps

March 25, 1911

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Indian Trail Steps
  • Title
  • Indian Trail Steps
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • March 25, 1911
  • Identifier
  • 715.111894.CP
  • Description
  • A general view of the Duquesne Heights steps leading to Shaler Street, looking west. These steps led travelers from the South Side, near the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Station, to Mount Washington. The half-mile rise of steps climbing the treacherous side of the hill is presumed to trace an old Native American trail. These stairs ceased to exist in usable form by the late 1930s.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Stairs
    Housing
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Duquesne Heights (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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