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Daytime in downtown Pittsburgh photograph, 1944
Photograph of a smog blanketed Downtown Pittsburg during the day. From original photo caption: “The clock at right center shows a quarter to noon, January 19, but Pittsburgh, Pa., residents walked in artificially-lighted streets. Trolley motormen and motorists used their headlights and s...
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| Collection: | Philadelphia Record photograph morgue (#V07) |
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| Date: | 1944-01-20 |
| Dimensions: | 23 x 17.5 cm |
| Location: | 616 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA USA 15222 |
| Call Number: | V7: 2027 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 2047 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6684 |
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Photograph of a smog blanketed Downtown Pittsburg during the day. From original photo caption: “The clock at right center shows a quarter to noon, January 19, but Pittsburgh, Pa., residents walked in artificially-lighted streets. Trolley motormen and motorists used their headlights and storekeepers switched on their signs when one of the heaviest smogs (smoke and fog) in the city's history blanketed the town. This is the downtown section.&rdquo |
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