Lyon, Shorb & Company photographs 1863-1867 Photographs.

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Lyon, Shorb & Company photographs 1863-1867 Photographs.

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The Lyon, Shorb and Company photographs are housed in eleven archival boxes and arranged according to their original placement in photograph display albums. There are 47 pages with 6 photographs per page. The 282 carte de visites have been removed from the album and stored in individual paper enclosures in archival boxes. The photographs depict the owners and employees of the Sligo Iron Works in work dress and in the case of 45 employees in "street clothes." The employees each hold a tool used in their specific work. Most of the photographs were shot at the Cargo Photographic Rooms in Pittsburgh.

1.5 linear ft.

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7675539

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Lyon, John

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Lawyer. From the description of Court martial papers : of Confederate soldiers, 1862- 1865. (Valentine Richmond Historical Center). WorldCat record id: 29551528 From the description of Contested election papers : of Thomas S. Gholson, 1862- 1864. (Valentine Richmond Historical Center). WorldCat record id: 29551527 Papers of John Lyon, professor of liberal studies, University of Notre Dame, 1967-1983. From the description of Papers 1950s-1970s. (Universit...

Lyon, Shorb & Company.

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Lyon, Shorb and Company traces its origins to a partnership between Robert T. Stewart and John Lyon. These men built an iron forge on the Juniata River in Centre County in 1813 and an iron fabrication mill in Pittsburgh in 1825. The Pittsburgh mill was called the Sligo Works and was located on the south side of the Monongahela River (on the site of the present Station Square). All of the iron used at Sligo was brought from Juniata in large blocks called blooms that were immediately ready for rol...

Shorb, Anthony.

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