Aerial view of Forbes Field and Oakland

1968/1970

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Title
Aerial view of Forbes Field and Oakland
Identifier
MSP285.B022.F03.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B022.F03.I02
Description
The Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, showing a baseball game in progress at Forbes Field, home to the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 to 1970. The University of Pittsburgh, who purchased Forbes Field in 1958 for $3 million, originally allowed the Pirates use of the field for another 5 years; however, the team continued to play there until the opening of Three Rivers Stadium in 1970. Forbes Field was finally demolished July 28, 1971, and part of the campus of the University of Pittsburgh now stands in its place. Also visible in this photograph is the Hillman Library (right center), Litchfield Towers (center), the Frick Fine Arts Building (bottom foreground), and Pitt Stadium (top background).
Genre
photographs
Subject
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
University of Pittsburgh.Hillman Library.
University of Pittsburgh.Litchfield Towers.
University of Pittsburgh.Pitt Stadium.
Frick Fine Arts Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Baseball--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Baseball stadiums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Aerial views--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
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