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Central High School Students

1916-06-01

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Central High School Students
  • Title
  • Central High School Students
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B022.F06.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B022.F06.I02
  • Description
  • Pittsburgh Central High School, the first high school in Pittsburgh, opened September 25, 1855, in rented rooms on Smithfield Street. In 1868 it moved to the Bank of Commerce Building at Wood and Sixth Streets in downtown Pittsburgh, where it stayed until a new building was completed in 1871. Central High School was the only Pittsburgh high school until April 1896 when Fifth Avenue High School was completed. The school closed in 1916 and was razed in 1947.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Central High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    High school students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs, 1880-1982, MSP 117, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center