Ford ad from 1923 (top) and The Pittsburgh Press announcement (below)

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 13, 1923 

Henry Ford announced purchase of the Allegheny Plate Glass Company plant at Glassmere for establishment of the first Ford plant in the Pittsburgh district. [Historic Pittsburgh]


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Traffic on Liberty Bridge, Pittsburgh, 1951. Clyde Hare. [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives] 

Traffic on Liberty Bridge, Pittsburgh, 1951. Clyde Hare. [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives


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Woman seated on car with steel mill in background, 1940s. Teenie Harris, Carnegie Museum of Art [The Pittsburgh Art Blog] 
Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story: Heinz Galleries, CMOA, on exhibit until April 7, 2012

Woman seated on car with steel mill in background, 1940s. Teenie Harris, Carnegie Museum of Art [The Pittsburgh Art Blog

Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story: Heinz Galleries, CMOA, on exhibit until April 7, 2012


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