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Help the History Center Get Outdoors!
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…
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…
#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…
Camp James Weldon Johnson
Page from a Camp Johnson pamphlet, 1953. Camp Johnson Records, 1939-1995, MSS 229, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center. In the early 20th century, “fresh air” camps began sprouting…
Wheat in Washington County
Aug. 12, 1947: Miller photographed Dean Fullerton holding a sheaf of wheat waiting to be threshed. Photo Albert Miller Photographs, Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, Heinz History Center. Meadowcroft founder…
The Secret History of a Famous Westinghouse Photograph
Westinghouse at Work, 1910. One of the most recognizable images of George Westinghouse Jr. depicts the inventor and businessman seated at a drafting board, a piece of paper in front…
Go Outside and Play!
The History Center supports the NFL’s PLAY 60 campaign, which encourages kids to be active 60 minutes each day. On Saturday, Feb. 6, the History Center will fill all five…
Holiday Windows in Downtown Pittsburgh
Can you remember a Christmas when there wasn’t a special trip to town to see Kaufmann’s windows? It’s as much a part of Christmas as the tree! Advertisement, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…