Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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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J & L #1 open hearth crew
J & L #1 open hearth crew, 1900's
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Open-hearth furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
J&L Bessemer steel mfg. 1876.
Bessemer steel mfg. 1876.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
J&L offices
Industries. Iron & steel. J&L offices
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Employees -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Offices -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 cm.
J&L steelmen
J&L steelmen!.
Jones, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1824-1903 -- Pictorial Works., Kier, Samuel M., 1813-1874 -- Pictorial Works., Lauth, Bernard, 1820-1894 -- Pictorial Works., Laughlin, James, 1806-1882 -- Pictorial Works., Jones, Thomas M., 1828-1889 -- Pictorial Works., Jones, William L. (William Larimer), 1865-1926 -- Pictorial Works., Jones, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1868-1928 -- Pictorial Works., Laughlin, Ledlie -- Pictorial Works., Jones, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1895-1985 -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlins -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Executives -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 7 x 7 cm.
Jacob Vandergrift
Jacob Vandergrift.
Vandergrift, Jacob -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 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 Laughlin
James Laughlin.
Laughlin, James, 1806-1882 -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- 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)
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 5 x 7 cm.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh, Works Pay Office personnel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh, Works Pay Office personnel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. Works Pay Office -- Employees -- Pictorial works, Accounting departments -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 7 x 9 cm.)
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company sales agents
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company sales agents.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Employees -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Sales personnel -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, South Side
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, South Side.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Barges -- 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.
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.
Machinery used in the steelmaking process
Machinery used in the steelmaking process.
Steel-works -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Making steel, Bessemer process, 1891
Making steel, Bessemer process, 1891
Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Man at work in Pittsburgh area steel mill
Man at work in Pittsburgh area steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Bethlehem Steel Company. Franklin Works -- Pictorial works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.