A night view of Pittsburgh looking east from Downtown, with the Monongahela River in the background, 1950s [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives] 

A night view of Pittsburgh looking east from Downtown, with the Monongahela River in the background, 1950s [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives


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On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 23, 1857
Novelist Margaret (Wade Campbell) Deland was born in Allegheny, Pa. [Historic Pittsburgh]

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 23, 1857

Novelist Margaret (Wade Campbell) Deland was born in Allegheny, Pa. [Historic Pittsburgh]


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Andy Warhol’s (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) homeroom class at Schenley High School, 1945. Warhol is fourth from the left in the back row. [The Warhol Museum] 

Andy Warhol’s (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) homeroom class at Schenley High School, 1945. Warhol is fourth from the left in the back row. [The Warhol Museum


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Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), age 22. “Making the Rounds,” 1950 [The Warhol Museum]

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), age 22. “Making the Rounds,” 1950 [The Warhol Museum]


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Bridge at the Point, c. 1900 (via) 

Bridge at the Point, c. 1900 (via


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Pittsburgh Penguins, 1967 [Pittsburgh Hockey]

Pittsburgh Penguins, 1967 [Pittsburgh Hockey]


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KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960 
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]

KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960 

KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]


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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shaking hands with James McCoy Jr., with Mike Desmond on his right, surrounded by men and women (including Charles “Teenie” Harris and Matthew Moore), at University of Pittsburgh Student Union, November 1966 [Carnegie Museum of Art] 
Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story: Carnegie Museum of Art, on exhibit until April 7, 2012 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shaking hands with James McCoy Jr., with Mike Desmond on his right, surrounded by men and women (including Charles “Teenie” Harris and Matthew Moore), at University of Pittsburgh Student Union, November 1966 [Carnegie Museum of Art

Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story: Carnegie Museum of Art, on exhibit until April 7, 2012 


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On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 20, 1935
Government attorneys accused Andrew W. Mellon, former Secretary of the Treasury, at today’s continuation of the [Mellon tax trial] hearing, of short selling, involving an alleged deficiency in his income-tax payments before the Board of Tax Appeals. [The New York Times]

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 20, 1935

Government attorneys accused Andrew W. Mellon, former Secretary of the Treasury, at today’s continuation of the [Mellon tax trial] hearing, of short selling, involving an alleged deficiency in his income-tax payments before the Board of Tax Appeals. [The New York Times]


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On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 19, 1968 

“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the longest-running program on public television, premieres in America. [Family Communications, Inc.The Neighborhood Archive]


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The original National Record Mart on Wood Street, c. 1940 [Life in Western Pennsylvania] 

The original National Record Mart on Wood Street, c. 1940 [Life in Western Pennsylvania


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Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle, 1923 [Brookline Connection] 

Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle, 1923 [Brookline Connection


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Credits: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, 12/20/1985

Credits: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, 12/20/1985

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Monongahela House — Pittsburgh students inspecting room occupied by President-elect Abraham Lincoln [Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh]
The Heinz History Center’s exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War and Lincoln Slept Here featured Lincoln’s bed and bedroom set from the Monongahela House, the downtown Pittsburgh hotel that hosted the president-elect en route to his inauguration on Feb. 14, 1861.

Monongahela House — Pittsburgh students inspecting room occupied by President-elect Abraham Lincoln [Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh]

The Heinz History Center’s exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War and Lincoln Slept Here featured Lincoln’s bed and bedroom set from the Monongahela House, the downtown Pittsburgh hotel that hosted the president-elect en route to his inauguration on Feb. 14, 1861.


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Kindergarteners celebrate Valentine’s Day in the basement of the Oakmont Carnegie Library, 1931 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives] 

Kindergarteners celebrate Valentine’s Day in the basement of the Oakmont Carnegie Library, 1931 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives


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