Smoke, steel and socialites: Pittsburgh. A work in progress. Lying dormant for too long. By @emilyjnichelson. Tumblr (3.0; @thepittsburghhistoryjournal)http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/64acaa95fe2e1bd4519a12d96a15ee83/tumblr_n3b9x9LbS11r51t4vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81305464715http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81305464715Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:55:06 -0400pittsburghhome opener!pittsburgh piratesbucnbucsletsgobucsbaseball<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f50240ceb14e55a00386c20a4b07b34b/tumblr_mf2vldswkA1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 15, 1951 </span></strong></p> <p><span>The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_men%27s_basketball" title="Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball" target="_blank">Panthers</a><span> open legendary </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgerald_Field_House" title="Fitzgerald Field House" target="_blank">Fitzgerald Field House</a><span> with a victory over Columbia. The arena will serve the city for 51 seasons. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>; <a href="http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=ic_all;xc=1;g=imls;sort=dc_da;q1=fitzgerald%20field%20house;c=hpicasc;c=hpicchatham;c=hpiccma;c=hpichswp;c=hpicmonroeville;c=hpicnpl;c=hpicoakmont;c=hpicphlf;c=hpicpitcairn;c=hpicpointpark;c=hpicusc;back=back1355584249;size=20;subview=detail;resnum=1;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=hpichswp;entryid=x-msp285.b004.f13.i09;viewid=ACCD0254.TIF" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>] </span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84608190553http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84608190553Sun, 15 Dec 2013 08:00:00 -0500pittsburghPittsburgh Panthersfitzgerald field house1950s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/fd8b0613089f0886a97ca11e51c759e2/tumblr_meu1ngAHbF1qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 14, 1988</strong></p> <p><span>Demolition begins at the Shippingport Atomic Power Plant, the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant. </span>[<a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/doe_shippingport_01.htm" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>; <a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/doe_shippingport_01.htm" target="_blank">Federation of American Scientists</a>] </p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84608021513http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84608021513Sat, 14 Dec 2013 07:57:00 -0500<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8dbca1a9ea592d8ad2dd406619122fd1/tumblr_meu136Xpi41qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 13, 1948</strong></p> <p><span>Carnegie Tech announces a $4 million building and renovation program in a move to relieve overcrowding. </span>[<a href="http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?q=&year=&month=12&day=13&start_line=0&searchtype=single&page=sim" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>; <a href="http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-17F9" target="_blank">Explore PA History</a>] </p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607931243http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607931243Fri, 13 Dec 2013 07:55:00 -0500pittsburghCMUcollegecarnegie tech1940soakland<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5d9496ef479b720d77f964813a26dc63/tumblr_metl1v5ydS1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>Fort Duquesne Bridge, Pittsburgh, 1964 </em></p> <p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 12, 1964 </strong></p> <p><span>A 21-year-old </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh" target="_blank">Pitt</a><span> chemistry major drives a 1959 Chrysler station wagon off the end of the unfinished </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Duquesne_Bridge" title="Fort Duquesne Bridge" target="_blank">Ft. Duquesne Bridge</a><span> and lands unhurt, making world news, comedy shows and D.J. </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rege_Cordic" title="Rege Cordic" target="_blank">Rege Cordic</a><span>. </span><span>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>]</span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607797393http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607797393Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:52:00 -0500pittsburghbridgesUniversity Of Pittsburgh1960s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/e91f75296cde3fb83cb7b32d6f5c1dfd/tumblr_metkh0JJpa1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 11, 1944 </strong></p> <p><span>Thousands of Monday night Christmas shoppers were stranded Downtown by a 15-inch snowfall; all hotels were filled to capacity and lobbies were pressed into service as shelter; mills, schools, and many other activities were forced to suspend for two days. </span>[<a href="http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?q=&year=&month=12&day=11&start_line=0&searchtype=single&page=sim" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>; <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19441212&printsec=frontpage&hl=en" target="_blank">The Pittsburgh Press</a>] </p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607686128http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607686128Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:49:00 -0500pittsburghsnowsnowstorm1940s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97a087ee89154b08ac934e65c710e19/tumblr_metjshWavd1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This day in Pittsburgh History: December 10, 1973</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino" target="_blank">Bruno Sammartino</a><span> regains his </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship" target="_blank">WWE title</a><span>. </span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607563068http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607563068Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:47:00 -0500Bruno Sammartinopittsburghsports history1970s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/165241c4e4289ea246fa36b8d97631ab/tumblr_merq94nm4u1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 9, 1992 </strong></p> <p><span>Carl Barger, former president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, dies while at a meeting of the baseball owners. [<a href="http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?q=&year=&month=12&day=9&start_line=0&searchtype=single&page=sim" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>; <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xrQiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DbUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1999,3159532&dq=carl+barger+pittsburgh&hl=en" target="_blank">Allegheny Times</a>] </span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607395453http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607395453Mon, 09 Dec 2013 07:43:00 -0500carl bargerPittsburgh Pirates<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mem63pDWmw1rr5swxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 8, 1941 </span></strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/post/37400429815/dec-8-1941-young-men-volunteer-for-army-air" target="_blank">pgdigs</a>:</p> <p><em>“Young men volunteer for Army Air Corps after Pearl Harbor attack”</em></p> <p class="p1">Pittsburgh was “coming to a slow boil” one day after Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor, the Post-Gazette reported. Streets in the Golden Triangle were packed with Christmas shoppers still recovering from the shock of the news they’d received the previous day.</p> <p class="p1">People gathered around radios in offices, hotel lobbies, theater foyers and bars as President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Hundreds line up on Diamond Street, where a public address system piped out Roosevelt’s historic statement, “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy<strong> …</strong> ” School children listening to the speech elsewhere in the city applauded, but this crowd listened grimly.</p> <p class="p1">Eager, patriotic young men lined up at Army, Navy and Marine recruiting stations on Smithfield Street. A Post-Gazette reporter heard them ask, “How soon can we leave?”</p> <p class="p1">A note on the back of this print states it was made at an Army Air Corps recruiting station. We at the Digs studied the image for some time and wondered about the eventual fate of these volunteers.</p> <p class="p1"><em>(Photo credit: Unknown)</em></p> <p class="p1"><em><strong>— </strong><strong><a href="mailto:smellon@post-gazette.com" target="_blank">Steve Mellon</a></strong></em></p> </blockquote>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607298623http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607298623Sun, 08 Dec 2013 07:41:00 -0500pittsburghpearl harbor1940s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7yizlwA1K1rx5hqzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607182648http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84607182648Sun, 08 Dec 2013 07:39:00 -0500warholandy warholJohn Lennonyoko ono<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meesd9XPKu1qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 7, 1893 </strong></p> <p><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phipps_Conservatory" title="Phipps Conservatory" target="_blank">Phipps Conservatory</a><span> is completed. [<a href="http://www.cardcow.com/26929/lily-pond-phipps-conservatory-schenley-park-pittsburgh-pennsylvania/" target="_blank">Cardcow</a>] </span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606646893http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606646893Sat, 07 Dec 2013 07:27:00 -0500pittsburgh1890sphippsPhipps conservatoryoakland<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/8ed254bba5d1c4e2098d4188b2d6e62c/tumblr_meo2ojuq4f1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Chatham College sophomores make decorations for the Christmas Dance, 1955 [<a href="http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=ic_all;xc=1;g=imls;sort=dc_da;q1=holiday%20december;size=20;c=hpicasc;c=hpicchatham;c=hpiccma;c=hpichswp;c=hpicmonroeville;c=hpicnpl;c=hpicoakmont;c=hpicphlf;c=hpicpitcairn;c=hpicpointpark;c=hpicusc;back=back1354552141;subview=detail;resnum=5;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=hpicchatham;entryid=x-pcc000100;viewid=PCC000100.TIF" target="_blank">University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives</a>] </span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606541408http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606541408Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:24:00 -0500pittsburghchathamcollegechristmas1950s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meerzqJGKQ1qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 6, 1955</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Pirates</a><span> legend </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner" target="_blank">Honus Wagner</a><span> passes away in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie,_Pennsylvania" title="Carnegie, Pennsylvania" target="_blank">Carnegie</a><span>. </span>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>; <a href="http://fromdeeprightfield.com/history-of-baseball-greatest-players-of-all-time-series-1-to-14/" target="_blank">From Deep Right Field</a>]</p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606438863http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606438863Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:22:00 -0500pittsburghHonus Wagner1950sbaseballsports history<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebz59I0QW1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 5, 1933 </strong></p> <p><span>At 5:31 p.m., flash news hits that Utah and Ohio join Pennsylvania as the necessary two-thirds to end </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition" title="Prohibition" target="_blank">Prohibition</a><span>. </span>[<a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19541203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en" target="_blank">The Pittsburgh Press</a>]</p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606278873http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606278873Thu, 05 Dec 2013 07:18:00 -0500pittsburghProhibition1930s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meby0a1xvV1qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 4, 1882</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_General_Hospital" title="Allegheny General Hospital" target="_blank">Allegheny General</a><span> incorporates. </span>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>] </p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606152653http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/84606152653Wed, 04 Dec 2013 07:15:00 -0500pittsburghallegheny generalmedicine1880snorth side<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebxgqGeHy1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 3, 1954</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDKA-TV" title="KDKA-TV" target="_blank">KDKA</a><span> is renamed as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting" target="_blank">Westinghouse</a><span> closes on the largest purchase in television history </span><span>as WDTV signs off. </span>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>; <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19541203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en" target="_blank">The Pittsburgh Press</a>] </p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81625601844http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81625601844Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:02:00 -0500pittsburghKDKAwestinghousewdtv1950s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebwgkjIMd1qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 2, 1919</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Frick" title="Henry Clay Frick" target="_blank">Henry Clay Frick</a><span> dies at 69, leaving over $2.68 billion</span><span>, including $26.8 million</span><span> </span><span>to the city to develop </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frick_Park" title="Frick Park" target="_blank">Frick Park</a><span> on his </span><span>estate. Since May, both </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Heinz" title="H. J. Heinz" target="_blank">H. J. Heinz</a><span> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie" title="Andrew Carnegie" target="_blank">Andrew Carnegie</a><span> have died. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>]</span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81625462655http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81625462655Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:00:00 -0500pittsburghhenry clay frickfrickfrick park1910s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebvzv1PXS1qakblyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: December 1, 1913</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Oil" title="Gulf Oil" target="_blank">Gulf Oil</a><span> opens the </span>world’s first drive-in service station<span> at Baum and St. Clair streets in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Liberty_(Pittsburgh)" title="East Liberty (Pittsburgh)" target="_blank">East Liberty</a>. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#December" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>; <a href="http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-112" target="_blank">Explore PA History</a>]</p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81625305893http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81625305893Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:58:00 -0500pittsburghgas stationEast Liberty1910s<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meb00gz9pu1qakblyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: November 30, 1955</span></strong></p> <p><span>Pennsylvania College for Women was renamed Chatham College and announced a $12 million development program. [<a href="http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?q=&year=&month=11&day=30&start_line=0&searchtype=single&page=sim" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>] </span></p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81624704553http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81624704553Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:51:00 -0500pittsburghchathamcollege1950s<br/><br/><p><em>Celebrate the Season Parade, late 1980s</em></p> <p><strong>On This Day in Pittsburgh History: November 29, 1980</strong></p> <p>Kaufmann’s department store sponsors Pittsburgh’s first Celebrate the Season parade. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Pittsburgh/On_this_day#November" target="_blank">Historic Pittsburgh</a>] </p>http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81624615928http://thepittsburghhistoryjournal.com/post/81624615928Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:50:00 -0500pittsburgh1980skaufmann familydepartment storeholidaythanksgivingchristmas