Photographic prints collection of Robert A. Cummings, Jr., ca. 1950s.

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Photographic prints collection of Robert A. Cummings, Jr., ca. 1950s.

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The collection contains 67 photographic prints of various views of downtown Pittsburgh. Nine of the prints are photogravure prints, one of which shows downtown Pittsburgh and eight of which are unidentified. There are sixteen black and white prints of downtown Pittsburgh and the Point. The phtotgraphs include four black and white prints of Brunot's Island, taken from Duquesne Heights. Three prints are of the North Side, one showing Allegheny GeneralHospital and two showing the Monogahela River, taken from Mt. Washington. There is one black and white print of a Westinghouse Electric Plant, one of a Jones & Laughlin Steel Plant, and two of the John F. Casey Co. The collection also contains thirteen unidentified photographs as well as a series of eighteen connected aerial photographs extending from downtown Pittsburgh to Squirrel Hill showing such landmarks as: Gulf Building, Koppers Building, Hill District, Oakland, University of Pittsburgh, Forbes Field, Schenley Park, the Carnegie, Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University), and Squirrel Hill.

67 photoprints.

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University of Pittsburgh

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Cummings, Robert A., 1893-1972.

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Robert A Cummings Jr. was an aerial photographer and cartographer. From the description of Photographic prints collection of Robert A. Cummings, Jr., ca. 1950s. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 30959212 ...

University of Pittsburgh. United Faculty

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Throughout its history the University of Pittsburgh has received occasional support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s it suffered an unprecedented fiscal crisis and sought a solution that linked it to the Commonwealth. On August 23, 1966, House Bill No. 2 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania was signed and the University officially became state-related. From the description of State-related status of the University of Pittsburgh files, 1936-1983. (Universit...

Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Carnegie Institute of Technology

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Founded in 1905, by steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie; well-known for its engineering and science programs. Merged with Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in 1967, changing the name to Carnegie-Mellon University. From the description of Official guide: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305814 ...