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Schenley Park: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 12:21pm.
Pittsburgh circa 1910. "Schenley Park Bridge and the 'Tick' (Carnegie-Mellon University)." A carnival atmosphere (note loop-the-loop) in the park at right. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Flag
Submitted by marmarinou on Thu, 04/20/2017 - 8:32pm.
I just noticed how huge that flag is at the top of the hill in Schenley Park!
Poor Fellows!
Submitted by Minnesotaart on Thu, 04/20/2017 - 6:22am.
Looks like a couple of Gandy Dancers had to work that day and couldn't take part in the festivities.
Maybe the Pirates were on the road
Submitted by DaveA on Wed, 04/19/2017 - 10:16am.
Because the brand new Forbes Field would have been just off-screen left on the other side of this bridge, making this one of the 1910 epicenters of Steel City culture, learning and recreation in more ways than one.
Carnegie Mellon
Submitted by marmarinou on Wed, 04/19/2017 - 7:58am.
Carnegie Mellon University was originally Carnegie Technical Schools, then Carnegie Institute of Technology, and finally Carnegie Mellon U when it merged with Mellon Institute of Science in 1967.
This photo brings back a lot of memories of my time at CMU (although not from 1910).
Missing the fun
Submitted by zenjive on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 1:44pm.
That rail crew down there is missing all of the fun!
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