![Decoration Day Parade in 1918 on Hulton Road, Pittsburgh, May 1918 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qxn0DAzk1qakblyo1_500.png)
Decoration Day Parade in 1918 on Hulton Road, Pittsburgh, May 1918 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives]
![Monongahela Incline, c. 1900. Carnegie Museum of Art.
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 28, 1870
The Monongahela Incline, opened on May 28, 1870, was the first incline constructed in Pittsburgh. The incline, one of seventeen inclines in Pittsburgh at one time, climbs a 35 percent grade, one of the steepest incline planes in the world. Today, only two inclines remain in Pittsburgh. [Explore PA History]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gd5cc9kh1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Monongahela Incline, c. 1900. Carnegie Museum of Art.
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 28, 1870
The Monongahela Incline, opened on May 28, 1870, was the first incline constructed in Pittsburgh. The incline, one of seventeen inclines in Pittsburgh at one time, climbs a 35 percent grade, one of the steepest incline planes in the world. Today, only two inclines remain in Pittsburgh. [Explore PA History]
![El Chico Cafe Español, Pittsburgh [Pittsburgh Elders Guild]
Related: “El Chico Club Re-Captures Gay Atmosphere of Old Spain,” The Pittsburgh Press, 1940](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gqcphRBZ1qakblyo1_500.png)
El Chico Cafe Español, Pittsburgh [Pittsburgh Elders Guild]
Related: “El Chico Club Re-Captures Gay Atmosphere of Old Spain,” The Pittsburgh Press, 1940
![Harvey Haddix pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 26, 1959
In what many experts call the greatest pitching performance in history, Harvey Haddix — suffering with a flu and sore throat — hurls a 12 inning perfect game for the Pirates but loses in the 13th inning 0-1 on a Don Hoak fielding error to the Braves as lightning storms threaten the end of the game. [Wikipedia]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gcxdQQXb1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Harvey Haddix pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 26, 1959
In what many experts call the greatest pitching performance in history, Harvey Haddix — suffering with a flu and sore throat — hurls a 12 inning perfect game for the Pirates but loses in the 13th inning 0-1 on a Don Hoak fielding error to the Braves as lightning storms threaten the end of the game. [Wikipedia]
![Marie Curie at the Radium Refining Plant, The Pittsburgh Sun, 1921 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 25, 1921
Madame Marie Curie, famed French scientist and co-discoverer of radium, arrived in Pittsburgh for a visit but was taken ill and confined to the home of Mrs. Henry R. Rea in Sewickley. Although weak from her illness, Madame Curie appeared at Memorial Hall the following day to receive her fifty-ninth honorary degree, conferred by Chancellor Bowman of the University of Pittsburgh. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m453ot8DcH1qakblyo1_500.png)
Marie Curie at the Radium Refining Plant, The Pittsburgh Sun, 1921 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 25, 1921
Madame Marie Curie, famed French scientist and co-discoverer of radium, arrived in Pittsburgh for a visit but was taken ill and confined to the home of Mrs. Henry R. Rea in Sewickley. Although weak from her illness, Madame Curie appeared at Memorial Hall the following day to receive her fifty-ninth honorary degree, conferred by Chancellor Bowman of the University of Pittsburgh. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![Map of Fort Duquesne, 1755 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 24, 1755
The French commandant announced that Fort Duquesne was completed. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j29lg5mq1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Map of Fort Duquesne, 1755 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 24, 1755
The French commandant announced that Fort Duquesne was completed. [Historic Pittsburgh]
The Teenie Harris Archive
Stumbling upon photographer Teenie Harris was a fortuitous piece of luck while reading David Maraniss’ biography of baseball great Roberto Clemente, Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero.
Nicknamed “One Shot” because he rarely made a subject sit through retakes, Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) photographed Pittsburgh’s African American community at his photography studio and from 1936 until 1975 as a staffer with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of America’s oldest local black newspapers.
In his dual capacities as commercial and news photographer, Harris photographed both celebrities (Earl Hines, Lena Horne, Harry Truman, Jackie Robinson) and local figures. Collectively, his work provides an emotively vibrant group portrait of a community’s everyday life as played out against the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras. (According to Jonathan Gaugler at the Carnegie Museum of Art, women in the community would stop by Harris’ studio immediately after they got their hair done, sit down and turn away from the camera. They had come for portraits of their new hairdos, and Harris obliged.)
In 2001, the Carnegie Museum of Art was entrusted with the Teenie Harris Archive of nearly 80,000 negatives. Almost 1,000 images can be viewed on the museum’s website.
Fun fact: dozens of Harris’ images capture Negro League baseball players from the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, a team for which Harris himself played when they were the Crawford Colored Giants.
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 23, 1966
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, built for magnant Edgar Kaufmann, is deemed a National Landmark. [Wikipedia]
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 22, 1843
Mary Cassatt, noted impressionist painter, was born in Allegheny. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![Gimbels’ department store looking south on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, early 1960s. Photo taken by Ralph McGough. [Old Family Photos]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m11js9Uz601qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Gimbels’ department store looking south on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, early 1960s. Photo taken by Ralph McGough. [Old Family Photos]
![(image via Jasperdo’s Flickr)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 21, 1937
Governor Earle signed a bill to create a turnpike commission to issue $50 million to $65 million in bonds to finance construction of an “all-weather” toll highway from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45290BdDb1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
(image via Jasperdo’s Flickr)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 21, 1937
Governor Earle signed a bill to create a turnpike commission to issue $50 million to $65 million in bonds to finance construction of an “all-weather” toll highway from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![Decoration Day Parade in 1918 on Hulton Road, Pittsburgh, May 1918 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qxn0DAzk1qakblyo1_1280.png)
Decoration Day Parade in 1918 on Hulton Road, Pittsburgh, May 1918 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives]
![Monongahela Incline, c. 1900. Carnegie Museum of Art.
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 28, 1870
The Monongahela Incline, opened on May 28, 1870, was the first incline constructed in Pittsburgh. The incline, one of seventeen inclines in Pittsburgh at one time, climbs a 35 percent grade, one of the steepest incline planes in the world. Today, only two inclines remain in Pittsburgh. [Explore PA History]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gd5cc9kh1qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
Monongahela Incline, c. 1900. Carnegie Museum of Art.
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 28, 1870
The Monongahela Incline, opened on May 28, 1870, was the first incline constructed in Pittsburgh. The incline, one of seventeen inclines in Pittsburgh at one time, climbs a 35 percent grade, one of the steepest incline planes in the world. Today, only two inclines remain in Pittsburgh. [Explore PA History]
![El Chico Cafe Español, Pittsburgh [Pittsburgh Elders Guild]
Related: “El Chico Club Re-Captures Gay Atmosphere of Old Spain,” The Pittsburgh Press, 1940](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gqcphRBZ1qakblyo1_1280.png)
El Chico Cafe Español, Pittsburgh [Pittsburgh Elders Guild]
Related: “El Chico Club Re-Captures Gay Atmosphere of Old Spain,” The Pittsburgh Press, 1940
Harvey Haddix pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 26, 1959
In what many experts call the greatest pitching performance in history, Harvey Haddix — suffering with a flu and sore throat — hurls a 12 inning perfect game for the Pirates but loses in the 13th inning 0-1 on a Don Hoak fielding error to the Braves as lightning storms threaten the end of the game. [Wikipedia]
![Fencing class, Chatham University, 1941 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4l167NHeq1qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
![Marie Curie at the Radium Refining Plant, The Pittsburgh Sun, 1921 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 25, 1921
Madame Marie Curie, famed French scientist and co-discoverer of radium, arrived in Pittsburgh for a visit but was taken ill and confined to the home of Mrs. Henry R. Rea in Sewickley. Although weak from her illness, Madame Curie appeared at Memorial Hall the following day to receive her fifty-ninth honorary degree, conferred by Chancellor Bowman of the University of Pittsburgh. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m453ot8DcH1qakblyo1_1280.png)
Marie Curie at the Radium Refining Plant, The Pittsburgh Sun, 1921 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 25, 1921
Madame Marie Curie, famed French scientist and co-discoverer of radium, arrived in Pittsburgh for a visit but was taken ill and confined to the home of Mrs. Henry R. Rea in Sewickley. Although weak from her illness, Madame Curie appeared at Memorial Hall the following day to receive her fifty-ninth honorary degree, conferred by Chancellor Bowman of the University of Pittsburgh. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![Map of Fort Duquesne, 1755 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 24, 1755
The French commandant announced that Fort Duquesne was completed. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j29lg5mq1qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
Map of Fort Duquesne, 1755 (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 24, 1755
The French commandant announced that Fort Duquesne was completed. [Historic Pittsburgh]
The Teenie Harris Archive
Stumbling upon photographer Teenie Harris was a fortuitous piece of luck while reading David Maraniss’ biography of baseball great Roberto Clemente, Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero.
Nicknamed “One Shot” because he rarely made a subject sit through retakes, Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) photographed Pittsburgh’s African American community at his photography studio and from 1936 until 1975 as a staffer with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of America’s oldest local black newspapers.
In his dual capacities as commercial and news photographer, Harris photographed both celebrities (Earl Hines, Lena Horne, Harry Truman, Jackie Robinson) and local figures. Collectively, his work provides an emotively vibrant group portrait of a community’s everyday life as played out against the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras. (According to Jonathan Gaugler at the Carnegie Museum of Art, women in the community would stop by Harris’ studio immediately after they got their hair done, sit down and turn away from the camera. They had come for portraits of their new hairdos, and Harris obliged.)
In 2001, the Carnegie Museum of Art was entrusted with the Teenie Harris Archive of nearly 80,000 negatives. Almost 1,000 images can be viewed on the museum’s website.
Fun fact: dozens of Harris’ images capture Negro League baseball players from the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, a team for which Harris himself played when they were the Crawford Colored Giants.
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 23, 1966
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, built for magnant Edgar Kaufmann, is deemed a National Landmark. [Wikipedia]
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 22, 1843
Mary Cassatt, noted impressionist painter, was born in Allegheny. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![Gimbels’ department store looking south on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, early 1960s. Photo taken by Ralph McGough. [Old Family Photos]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m11js9Uz601qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
Gimbels’ department store looking south on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, early 1960s. Photo taken by Ralph McGough. [Old Family Photos]
(image via Jasperdo’s Flickr)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 21, 1937
Governor Earle signed a bill to create a turnpike commission to issue $50 million to $65 million in bonds to finance construction of an “all-weather” toll highway from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. [Historic Pittsburgh]
