Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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Complementing the original Iron & Steel Collection, the Iron & Steel Photographic Collection features individual images of places and personalities intrinsic to Pittsburgh's development as the world's leading producer of iron and steel.  Photos include Titans of Industry such as Charles Schwab and Andrew Carnegie as well as mill workers, trainmen, secretaries, and Iron Puddlers. The collection also includes mill fronts, railroads and the factory floor.
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Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial -- works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill with smoke
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill with smoke / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
The fire demon, 1923
The fire demon, 1923 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 12 cm.
Firing up, 1926
Firing up, 1926
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Freight cars -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 10 x 12 cm
Frank Conrad, founder of KDKA
Frank Conrad, founder of KDKA
Conrad, Frank, 1874-1941 -- Pictorial works., KDKA (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Radio -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Inventors -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Engineers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 7 x 7 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 4 x 4 cm.)
The Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)-- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.)-- Pictorial works., Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)-- Pictorial works., Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.)-- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w : 9 x 12 cm.)
Henry Phipps
Henry Phipps
Phipps, Henry, 1839-1930 -- Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Friends and associates -- Pictorial works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works., Philanthropists -- United States -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
H.K. Porter & Co., builders of light locomotives
H.K. Porter & Co., builders of light locomotives, Pittsburgh, Penn'a .
H.K. Porter Company -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Locomotive industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 13 cm. + 1 print (10 x 7 cm.)
Interior view of Pittsburgh steel mill
Interior view of Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Iron works, Pgh., Pa., 1918
Iron works, Pgh., Pa., 1918 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 11 cm.
James Hemphill
James Hemphill
Hemphill, James, 1827-1900 -- Pictorial works., Mackintosh, Hemphill & Company -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works., Mechanical engineers -- United States -- Pictorial works., Inventors -- United States -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
James Martinu Schoonmaker graphic
James Martinu Schoonmaker graphic / R.L. Baird, photographer.
Schoonmaker, James Martinu, 1842-1927 -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh -- and Lake Erie Railroad Company -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., United States. Army. -- Pennsylvania -- Cavalry, 14th (1862-1865) Officers -- Pictorial works., Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
John Bull - to World's Fair
John Bull -- to World's Fair -- Chicago, Ill., 1893 / Abram Brown, photographer.
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., John Bull (Steam locomotive) -- Pictorial Works., Locomotives United States -- Pictorial Works., Railroads United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 12 cm.
John Bull to World's Fair
John Bull to World's Fair--Chicago, Ill., 4-19-93 / Abram Brown, photographer.
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works., John Bull (Steam locomotive) -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- United States -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 12 cm.
John Pitcairn
Portrait of John Pitcairn
Pitcairn, John, 1841-1916 -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company -- Presidents -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 13 x 11 cm + 1 print (black and white ; 5 x 4 cm)
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Ramsey, Joseph. -- Pictorial works., Wabash Railroad -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Civil engineers -- United States -- Pictorial works., Executives -- United States -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Locomotive, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway
Locomotive, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway / Frank Bingaman, photographer.
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company -- Pictorial works., Railroads Middle West -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Locomotives United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.