Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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  • Date = [1900?]

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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Bessemer converter
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.)
Exterior view of an unidentified steel mill
Exterior view of an unidentified steel mill
Steel-works -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Exterior view of rail yard at a steel plant
Exterior view of rail yard at a steel plant.
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Railroad yards -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Homestead Steel interior
Homestead Steel interior.
Homestead Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Homestead (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Interior of iron & steel mill
Interior of iron & steel mill
Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Interior view of a steel mill featuring workers
Interior view of a steel mill featuring workers.
Iron and steel workers -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 10 x 12 cm.)
Interior view of steel plant
Interior view of steel plant
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial works, Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- United States -- 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.)
Steel worker
Steel worker
Carnegie Steel Company. Homestead Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.
Unidentified Steel Mill
Unidentified Steel Mill.
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : b&w, film ; 10 x 13 cm.