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Consider the Can: Beer Can Appreciation Day
January 24 is National Beer Can Appreciation Day Looking for something to celebrate? How about singing the praises of National Beer Can Appreciation Day? Today is not just another generic…
A Pivotal Moment – December 23, 1972: The Immaculate Reception
Museum life-like figure of Franco Harris in front of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. There are certain moments in sports that define a team, an era, or an individual.…
The Mystery of the McKeesport Menorah
A seven-branched electric menorah donated by the Iszauk family of White Oak, Pa. Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center. The Rauh Jewish History Program…
Never a Dill Moment at the History Center
Do you relish the idea of seeing many pickle artifacts in one place? Look no further than the Heinz History Center, home to 160-year-old pickles and the best place…
Five Spooky Artifacts Perfect for Halloween
It’s Halloween, and there is no better day to share some of the History Center’s spookiest artifacts. Gaines Funeral Home hearse, Cadillac, 1941. Partial gift of Barbara and Frank…
From Cucina to Grocery Store: The Evolution of Pasta-Making in American Homes
A version of this article appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Western Pennsylvania History magazine. October 25 is World Pasta Day For many people, Italian American culture is…
Quel Mazzolin di Fiori: I Campagnoli and the Italian American Folk Revival
I Campagnoli marching in a parade in downtown Pittsburgh, 1980s. I Campagnoli Papers & Photographs, Detre Library & Archives at the History Center. Gift of Mary Ferro. Musicologist Alan…
Taking the Field: Women and Baseball
Just as World War II impacted the political, social, and cultural life of the nation and created new opportunities for women at work, so too did it alter sport…
Cannonballs Unearthed at the Allegheny Arsenal
A backhoe operator excavating the site of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Arsenal for the construction of new apartments recently discovered hundreds of Civil War-era cannonballs. The contractor alerted the bomb squad…
Redd Up Pittsburgh!
Dishing some dirt on keeping Western Pennsylvanians clean “Brush, Broom, and Hammer.” Coming close on the heels of World War II, this posed photo of three of Pa Pitt’s…