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Smoke Control Promotion
1947/1956
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Title
Smoke Control Promotion
Identifier
MSP285.B021.F20.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B021.F20.I02
Description
A trolley advertises a public relations campaign to promote clean air in Pittsburgh. On September 23, 1947, the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners appointed a Smoke Control Advisory Committee to study smoke conditions in the county and to make recommendations for the regulation of the production and emission of smoke emanating from chimneys, smokestacks, or other sources within Allegheny County’s limits. The Smoke Control Committee investigated and studied the potential problems of smoke pollution and periodically reported to the Board of County Commissioners with regulation and abatement recommendations. In 1949 the City of Pittsburgh was joined by the Allegheny County Board of County Commissioners to fight for smoke control and to adopt a County Smoke Control Ordinance.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Smoke prevention--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Street-railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Electric railroads--Cars--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
PCC car (Streetcar)
Trolley cars--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Promotions--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
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