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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Pittsburgh 1919
Pittsburgh 1919 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Riparian areas -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Pittsburgh 1923
Pittsburgh 1923 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- 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.
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, the Cleveland Short Line!
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company -- Pictorial Works., Railroads Pennsylvania -- Pictorial Works., Railroads Ohio Cleveland.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 11 cm. + 1 print (9 x 6 cm.)
Pittsburgh graphic
Pittsburgh / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroad yards -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Pittsburgh industries
Pittsburgh industries / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Riparian areas -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Pittsburgh iron works, 1929
Pittsburgh iron works, 1929 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Pictorial works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Automobiles -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Hot Metal Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 11 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.)
Pittsburgh steel mill interior
Pittsburgh steel mill interior / Luke Swank, photographer.
Open-hearth furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 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.
Portrait, W Frew
Portrait, W. Frew
Frew, William Nimick -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Friends and associates -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Board of Trustees Presidents -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Institute -- Pictorial Works., Directors of corporations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Library trustees -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Pouring molten steel
Pouring molten steel into an open-hearth furnace / photographer, Luke Swank.
Open-hearth furnaces -- 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.
Pressed Steel Car Co
Pressed Steel Car Co.
Pressed Steel Car Company -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works., McKees Rocks (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., McKees Rocks (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pressed Steel Car Company.
Pressed Steel Car Company -- Pictorial Works., Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works., Railroad cars Design and construction -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.