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First Frontier Mechanized Cavalry
The key members of the American Bantam Car Company pose with the first jeep prototype outside of the Butler factory, September 21, 1940. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. No…
An Amusement Park in Miniature
Frank Salisbury and his miniature amusement park. The thrills of the amusement park have delighted Americans for generations. Many amusement parks were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s…
John F. Leahy, FBI During WWII
FBI Agent John F. Leahy’s equipment on display in the We Can Do It! WWII exhibition. Courtesy of Kathryn A. Leahy in memory of John F. Leahy. Tapping into Pittsburgh’s…
Mildred Martin Allen and the Hill District’s Satellites Softball Team
Daughter Beatrice (Allen) Harper donated her mother’s collection of softball and volleyball artifacts, including a striking 1970 “Satelities” uniform displayed in the Franco Harris Sports Museum. Photo by Liz Simpson.…
Bertha Lamme, Engineer
Women’s History Month: Bertha Lamme Trailblazer with a Slide Rule Bertha Lamme, at work at Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, 1895. Image courtesy of Dorothy Boyer. As recently as 1980,…
10 Must-Sees at the History Center
Pittsburgh Streetcar #1724 When you step into the History Center’s first floor Great Hall, one of the first things you’ll see is Pittsburgh Streetcar #1724. The streetcar, which was taken…