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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A. French & Co.'s Elliptic Spring Works, cor. of Twenty First & Liberty Sts., Pittsburgh
A. French & Co. -- Pictorial works, Pittsburgh Cast Steel Spring Works -- Pictorial works, Springs (Mechanism) industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Railroad equipment 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.
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Accounting Department, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. 1908
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. Accounting Department -- 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.
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Advertisement for Carnegie, Phipps & Co..
Carnegie, Phipps & Co. Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Advertising -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 10 x 7 cm.)
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Advertisement for Hussey, Howe & Company.
Hussey, Howe & Co. Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Advertising -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 7 x 9 cm.)
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Advertisement for Sligo Rolling Mills.
Sligo Rolling Mills (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Phillips, Nimick & Co. Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Rolling-mills -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Advertising -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 7 x 8 cm.)
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Advertisement for William B. Scaife & Sons Wrought Iron Bridge Builders.
Wm. B. Scaife & Sons Company -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial Works., Bridges -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel bridges -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Advertising -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 7 x 10 cm.)
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Alexander Rolland Peacock
Peacock, Alexander Rolland, 1861-1928 -- Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Friends and associates -- Pictorial works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works., Executives -- United States -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
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Alfred E. Hunt in uniform
Hunt, Alfred E. (Alfred Ephraim), 1855-1899 -- Pictorial works., Pennsylvania -- National Guard -- Pictorial works., Aluminum Company of America -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Metallurgists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Aluminum industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 9 cm. + 1 print (9 x 7 cm.)
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Alfred E. Hunt, Roy A. Hunt.
Hunt, Alfred E. (Alfred Ephraim), 1855-1899., Hunt, Roy Arthur, 1881-1966., Aluminum Company of America -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Metallurgists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Library benefactors -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Aluminum industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 12 x 10 cm.
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American Iron Works, 1876. (Jones & Laughlin)
American Iron Works -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
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Invoice for items purchased from American Iron Works, Jones & Laughlin by Wm. B. Scaife & Sons.
Jones & Laughlins -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works., Wm. B. Scaife & Sons Company -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 6 x 10 cm.)
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Anderson, Cook & Co., Pgh. Steel Works.
Anderson, Cook & Company -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., 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 ; 10 x 13 cm.
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Portrait, Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- 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 11 cm.
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Andrew Carnegie at age 27 / 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.)
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Andrew Carnegie, George Lauder, and Thomas N. Miller.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Family -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Friends and associates -- Pictorial Works., Lauder, George -- Pictorial Works., Miller, Thomas N. -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Philanthropists United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
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At the base of the blast furnace picture / drawn by Joseph Stella.
Iron and steel workers -- Pictorial Works., Blast furnaces -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, col. ; 10 x 13 cm.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
1 negatives : film, b&w ; 5 x 13 cm.
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Barge on river, 1919
Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Transportation -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Seventh Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 10 x 12 cm
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Barge on river, 1915
Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 10 x 11 cm
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Bessemer converter
Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 12 x 10 cm.)
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