Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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About This Collection

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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Melting steel
Melting steel.
Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel Heating -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Men working in a rolling mill
Men working in a rolling mill / photographer, Ross Altwater.
Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Rolling-mills -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Mill workers at the Jones & Laughlin Steel plant
Mill workers at the Jones & Laughlin Steel plant
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Employees -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 5 x 10 cm.)
An office of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
An office of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Employees -- Pictorial works, Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Oliver Iron and Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works, South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works, Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Original plant of Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron Works
Original plant of Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron Works.
Pittsburgh -- Bridge & Iron Works -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Bridge construction industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 9 cm.)
Painter Mill, So Side
Painter Mill, So. Side, about 1913
Painter Mill -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.
Painter's Mill, Carnegie Steel Co.
Painter Mill, Carnegie Steel Co., South Side, about 1913.
Painters' Mills -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Painters' Mills, South Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Painters' Mills, South Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Painters' Mills -- Pictorial works, Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.)
Pgh from Brownsville Ave & Gray Road
Pgh. from Brownsville Ave. & Gray Road (now William Street), Knox School on right
Central business districts -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., School -- Buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.)
Pithole, Pa
Pithole, Pa picture / by John A. Mather.
Oil well drilling rigs -- Pennsylvania -- Pithole -- Pictorial Works., Oil industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pithole -- Pictorial Works., Pithole (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Pittsburgh Malleable Iron Company
Pittsburgh Malleable Iron Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A.
Pittsburgh -- Malleable Iron Company -- Pictorial Works., Metal-workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron founding -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Metal castings -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Metal castings industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 11 cm.)
Portrait of Andrew and Louise Carnegie
Portrait of Andrew and Louise Carnegie.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Family -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Louise (Whitfield), 1857-1946 -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Philanthropists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists' spouses United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Portrait of Andrew Carnegie
Portrait of Andrew Carnegie / photographer, B.L.H. Dabbs.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Philanthropists -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.)
Portrait of Arthur Vining Davis
Portrait of Arthur Vining Davis.
Davis, Arthur Vining, 1867-1962 -- Pictorial Works., Aluminum Company of America Presidents -- Pictorial Works., Aluminum industry and trade -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Philanthropists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 9 x 7 cm.)
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Jones
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Jones
Jones, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1824-1903 -- Pictorial works, Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works, Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 -- Friends and associates -- Pictorial works, American Iron Company -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 7 cm.)
Portrait of George Westinghouse
Portrait of George Westinghouse
Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914 -- Pictorial works., Inventors -- United States -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Portrait of J Edgar Thomson
Portrait of J. Edgar Thomson.
Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874 -- Pictorial Works., -- Pennsylvania -- Railroad Employees -- Pictorial Works., Chief executive officers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Businessmen -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Portrait of Samuel M. Kier
Portrait of Samuel M. Kier
Kier, Samuel M., 1813-1874 -- Pictorial works, Inventors -- United States -- Pictorial works, Businessmen -- United States -- Pictorial works, Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works, Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works, Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works, Jones, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1824-1903 -- Friends and associates -- Pictorial works, Petroleum industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 9 x 7 cm.)
Portrait of William Kelly
Portrait of William Kelly
Kelly, William, 1811-1888 -- Pictorial works, Bessemer process -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.