Aerial view of Oakland

1935/1980

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Aerial view of Oakland
  • Title
  • Aerial view of Oakland
  • Creator
  • Aerial Surveys of Pittsburgh, Inc.
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B031.F31.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B031.F31.I05
  • Description
  • In the center of the photograph is the University of Pittsburgh’s most prominent structure, the 42-story Cathedral of Learning. It is the tallest gothic styled building and second-tallest education building in the world. The University of Pittsburgh began as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787. Chartered as the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1819, it became the University of Pittsburgh in 1908, when the university moved its campus to Oakland. In 2004 it had a total student population of 32,000 on its 132 acre main campus and four regional campuses. In the center of the photograph is Forbes Field, home to the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 to 1970. The field, named for General John Forbes, a British general during the French and Indian War, was originally built on the site of a 1908 football game between Carnegie Tech and the University of Pennsylvania. It was demolished July 28, 1971, and part of the campus of the University of Pittsburgh now stands in its place.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    University of Pittsburgh.Cathedral of Learning.
    Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
  • 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
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. 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.
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