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View of Downtown Pittsburgh

1932-06

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View of Downtown Pittsburgh
  • Title
  • View of Downtown Pittsburgh
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F17.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F17.I01
  • Description
  • The Gimbel’s Department Store Building dominates the foreground (left, partially in shadow). Gimbel’s was one of five major department stores in downtown Pittsburgh for more than forty years. To the right of Gimbel’s is the Oliver Building, and in the background, dominating the skyline are the Gulf Building (left) and the Koppers Building (right). In the left background is the Penn or 17th Street Incline running from Liberty Avenue at the bottom in the Strip District to Ledlie Street in the Hill District at the top. The incline was constructed in 1883 to haul 20-ton coal cars and was one of the most massive inclines ever constructed.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oliver Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gulf Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Penn Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gimbel’s Department Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Koppers Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Skyscrapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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