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Top 5 Instagram-Worthy Spots at the History Center
Don’t forget to tag your social media photos with #heinzhistorycenter so that we can see what your favorite photo spots at the History Center are! The History Center’s Heinz…
Isaly’s: A Recipe for Good Food
Canonsburg Isaly’s storefront sign at night, c. 1950. Author collection. Isaly’s price list, c. 1950. Author collection. As I prepare my second book on Isaly’s, I’m often asked…
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…
Remembering the Island Queen
The Day Pittsburgh Stood Still: September 9, 1947 It was a such a simple repair. As Captain Charles Hall walked off the Cincinnati-based excursion steamer Island Queen, docked along…
Putting Faces to Names: Exploring Italian American Identity with Photo IDs
As the project archivist for the Italian American Program at the Heinz History Center, I spent the last 10 months organizing, preserving, and providing access to collections that document…
Locating Luna Park
This excerpt from Luna: Pittsburgh’s Original Lost Kennywood follows Frederick Ingersoll in choosing a site to build Luna Park after his first two deals fell through. Late in 1904…
Picturing Protest: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
S. V. Albee and the Great Railroad Strike in Pittsburgh, July 21-22, 1877 Sometime after July 22, 1877, Pittsburgh photographer S. V. Albee captured an extraordinary series of photographs.…
The Homestead Steel Strike: Perspective on the Past
A lithograph in the History Center’s collection provides an interesting perspective on the unfolding of events in the steel strike on July 6, 1892. In title and in imagery…
Becoming American: The Rajcan Story
A version of this article originally appeared in the Special Edition #Pixburgh Issue of Western Pennsylvania History Magazine. George and Mary in their wedding clothes, 1904. From the Rajcan…
Investigating the Ray Sprigle Papers and Photographs
A version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2013 issue of Western Pennsylvania History. An image Ray Sprigle, most likely on his farm in Moon Township, with…