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Pittsburgh’s Fight Against Tuberculosis
Cover of the 1953 Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh annual report. Breathe Pennsylvania Records, Detre Library & Archives at the History Center. As the world grapples with COVID-19, health officials…
Nicholas Cresswell’s Journey on the Ohio in 1775
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, View from the Packet Wharf at Frenchtown Looking Down Elk Creek. Though painted years later and many miles to the east, this watercolor provides a good…
Victory Half Won: Remembering V-E Day 75 Years Later
7th war Loan Fund Drive promotion on the grounds of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, May 8, 1945. Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh, William J. Gaughan Collection. At first, not…
With Mercy and Compassion – National Nurse’s Day
Portrait of Catherine McAuley, c. 1835. Courtesy of Sisters of Mercy of Pittsburgh. In 1824, after inheriting the estate of distant relatives she had cared for over the course of 20…
Bells Across Pennsylvania Day
The Pennsylvania State Mayors’ Association is encouraging all residents and houses of worship to ring bells for three minutes at 7 p.m. on May 3, 2020, to recognize those…
Who is There to Mourn for Logan?
During the days preceding April 30th of 1774, a brutal massacre of American Indians was being plotted by about two dozen frontier malcontents roughly 40 miles northwest from Pittsburgh.…
All-Out for Victory Gardens!
“Plant a Garden for Victory.” World War II poster by J. Howard Miller, for the Westinghouse War Production Co-Ordinating Committee, probably 1942. Like many Pittsburgh companies, Westinghouse encouraged their…
Bootleg Beef and Smuggled Sirloin: Black Market Meat During World War II
Ray Sprigle poses for a press photo with his black market meat, 1945. Ray Sprigle Papers and Photographs, MSS 799, Detre Library & Archives at the History Center. On…
Of Soup and Sustenance: Charity in the Iron City
Reflecting on the legacies of charity given and received in the Iron City As recent events remind us, tragedy can bring out the best in human nature and challenges…
Annie Jacobs Davis: “The Mother of Montefiore Hospital”
Portrait of Annie Jacobs Davis. Gift of Barnett Davis, Incorporated. The name Annie Jacobs Davis is synonymous with Montefiore Hospital. Montefiore was the first Jewish hospital in Western Pennsylvania.…