Weil family photographs 1900-1992 1910-1940 [photographs]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Weil family photographs 1900-1992 1910-1940 [photographs]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664806285

The Weil Family Photographs were donated by Andrew L. Weil, grandson of A. Leo Weil. The collection includes photographs of A. Leo Weil, his wife Cassie Ritter, and his son Ferdinand T. Weil. Many of the images were taken at the Weil farm in Stafford County, Virginia. Also included are photographs from the early 1990s that document the still extant homes and business buildings inhabited by the Weil family over the course of the late 1800s and early 1900s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Titusville, Pennsylvania; and Charlotte County, Virginia. These include photographs of the A. Leo Weil house at 5931 Howe Street in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, which has been expanded and converted into condominiums.

.75 linear ft.

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

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7958511

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

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Weil family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w623210n (family)

A. Leo Weil was a Pittsburgh attorney whose clients included public utilities, small steel companies, hotels, banks, and department stores in Pittsburgh. Weil was also a major civic leader in the city. Responding to the poor conditions in working class Pittsburgh (as documented in the Pittsburgh Survey of 1907) and the corrupt politics of the Magee Flynn political machine, concerned citizens, including Weil and his wife, worked to improve the city. Weil helped to found the Voter Civic League in ...

Weil, A. Leo, 1858-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t18b2p (person)