Making History Blog
Oh Strip District, Where Art Thou?
This post is part of an ongoing series seeking images and documents in connection with the #Pixburgh: A Photographic Experience exhibition opening this fall at the Heinz History Center. Read…
Raise Your Glass! Documenting Pittsburgh’s “Watering Holes”
This post is part of an ongoing series seeking images and documents in connection with the #Pixburgh: A Photographic Experience exhibition opening this fall at the Heinz History Center. Read…
Women’s Right to Vote
These examples of buttons and badges reflect a ground-breaking moment in American political history — women receiving the right to vote. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which states, “The…
John Brashear’s Forgotten Time Capsule
The simple box has a shallow lid and was soldered shut. Etched into the underside of the lid is the name E. Miller, likely Edward Miller, who was one of…
#Pixburgh: Be a Part of History!
This post is part of an ongoing series seeking images and documents in connection with the upcoming #Pixburgh: A Photographic Experience exhibition opening this fall at the Heinz History Center.…
West Middletown Photography and “America’s National Game”
1912 was quite a year for baseball—at least according to the Spalding Base Ball Guide. The Red Sox beat the New York Giants, 4-3, in the World Series. The Pittsburgh…
John Woodruff at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
University of Pittsburgh freshman and Connellsville, Pa., native John Woodruff won the 800-meter gold medal with a time of 1:52.9 in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Adolf Hitler’s Berlin, Germany.…
Interview With Golf Great Carol Semple Thompson
In anticipation of the History Center’s Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 26, we spoke with tournament co-chair and multiple Curtis Cup winner Carol Semple Thompson about Western Pennsylvania,…
What a Political Ribbon Shows About the Political Process
Large silk ribbon with the text of Pennsylvania Governor Joseph Hiester’s inaugural address. 2015.22.857 Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia, Heinz History Center. This large silk ribbon displays…
Book Reviews: Summer 2016
The Pittsburgh Anthology Edited by Eric Boyd Belt Publishing, 2015 236 pp., b&w and color photos Paperback, $20 Made up of essays, poems, short stories, and visual and graphic artwork…