Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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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.'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.
Accounting Department, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. 1908
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.
Advertisement for Carnegie, Phipps & Co
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.)
Advertisement for Hussey, Howe & Company
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.)
Advertisement for Sligo Rolling Mills
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.)
Advertisement for William B Scaife & Sons Wrought Iron Bridge Builders
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.)
American Iron Works, 1876 (Jones & Laughlin)
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.
Anderson, Cook & Co., Pgh. Steel Works
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.
Andrew Carnegie
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.
Andrew Carnegie at age 27
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.)
Andrew Carnegie, George Lauder, and Thomas N. Miller
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.
At the base of the blast furnace
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.
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.)
Bessemer converter in action
Bessemer converter in action.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Ohio Works -- Pictorial Works., Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works Ohio Youngstown -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.)
Blast furnace department
Blast furnace department.
Clairton Works -- Pictorial Works., -- United States -- Steel Corporation -- Pictorial Works., Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Clairton -- Pictorial Works., Coke plants -- Pennsylvania -- Clairton -- Pictorial Works., Coke industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Clairton (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Clairton (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Captain Wm R Jones
Captain Wm. R. Jones
Jones, William R., 1839-1889 -- Pictorial Works., Edgar Thomson Steel Works Employees -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- 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.
Carnegie Painters' Mills, Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Painters' Mills, Carnegie Steel Company.
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., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Carrie Furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Co
The Carrie Furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Co. Pittsburgh, Pa..
Carrie Furnaces -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Rankin -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Rankin -- Pictorial Works., Iron smelting -- Pennsylvania -- Rankin -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Rankin (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 12 cm.)
Cast house, July 18th, 1891
Cast house, July 18th, 1891.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Employees -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Dismantling of the Lucy Furnace, Carnegie Steel Company
Dismantling of the Lucy Furnace, Carnegie Steel Company
Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.