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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Man casting at a blast furnace
Man casting at a blast furnace in an unidentified steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Iron and steel workers United States -- Pictorial works., Steel-works United States -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Man pouring steel in a Pittsburgh steel mill
Man pouring steel in a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
The manufacture of railroad rails in a rolling mill
The manufacture of railroad rails in a rolling mill.
Rolling-mills -- Pictorial Works., Railroad rails -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
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.)
Observation car in oil fields.
Observation car in oil fields between Carnegie and McDonald, Pa.
Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area -- Pictorial works., Businessmen -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area -- Pictorial works., Oil fields -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area -- Pictorial works., Oil fields -- Pennsylvania � Carnegie -- Pictorial works., Oil fields -- Pennsylvania -- McDonald -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; cm. + 1 print (black and white ; 8 x 11 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.
O.P. Scaife
O.P. Scaife
Scaife, Oliver P. -- Pictorial works., Oliver P. Scaife Company -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Scaife Foundry & Machine Company -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Dollar Savings Bank (Pittsburgh , Pa.) -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel castings industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Machinery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Banks and banking -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bankers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 11 cm. + 1 print (11 x 7 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.)
Pgh. Pa. 1900, east on Liberty St.
Pgh. Pa. 1900, east on Liberty St. at 11th St .
Central High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 9 x 11 cm. + 1 print (9 x 11 cm.)
Pgh. Pa. 1912
Pgh. Pa. 1912, Downtown from P.R.R. Station .
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Pgh. Pa.--Federal St. Station
Pgh. Pa.--Federal St. Station--North Side--9-3-07 / Abram Brown, photographer.
Federal Street Station (Allegheny, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Cityscape photographs.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 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, 1893
Pgh., 1893
Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh , Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.