![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]
![Norwegian Nationality Room dedication (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 15, 1948
The University of Pittsburgh dedicates the Norwegian Nationality Room at the Cathedral of Learning. [Wikipedia]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39hgoMH2z1qakblyo1_500.png)
Norwegian Nationality Room dedication (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 15, 1948
The University of Pittsburgh dedicates the Norwegian Nationality Room at the Cathedral of Learning. [Wikipedia]
![Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 4, 1895
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is founded as Presbyterian Hospital. [Wikipedia]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39ah2Sf851qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 4, 1895
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is founded as Presbyterian Hospital. [Wikipedia]
![On This Day in Pittsburgh History: April 28, 1920
Dr. John Brashear, noted astronomer and maker of astronomical lenses and other scientific instruments, died at 80 at his South Side home. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]
When he was nine, his grandfather took him to view through the telescope of ‘Squire’ Joseph P. Wampler, who set up his traveling telescope in Brownsville. That influential view of the moon and the planet Saturn stayed with Brashear for the rest of his life. After receiving a common school education until age 15, he became an apprentice to a machinist and had mastered his trade at age 20. (…)
In 1898 he became director of the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, continuing in this post until 1900.
From 1901 to 1904, he was acting chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, after serving as a member of the board of trustees since 1896. Brashear also was a trustee of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and served as President of the Academy of Science and Art.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m32hr4FR5l1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: April 28, 1920
Dr. John Brashear, noted astronomer and maker of astronomical lenses and other scientific instruments, died at 80 at his South Side home. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]
When he was nine, his grandfather took him to view through the telescope of ‘Squire’ Joseph P. Wampler, who set up his traveling telescope in Brownsville. That influential view of the moon and the planet Saturn stayed with Brashear for the rest of his life. After receiving a common school education until age 15, he became an apprentice to a machinist and had mastered his trade at age 20. (…)
In 1898 he became director of the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, continuing in this post until 1900.
From 1901 to 1904, he was acting chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, after serving as a member of the board of trustees since 1896. Brashear also was a trustee of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and served as President of the Academy of Science and Art.
![Forbes Avenue near Atwood Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background, 1937 [Flickr]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m086zkwsXW1qakblyo1_500.png)
Forbes Avenue near Atwood Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background, 1937 [Flickr]
![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](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjqqmwVwh1qakblyo1_500.jpg)
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
![Western University of Pennsylvania, 1833, by Russell Smith, Oil on Canvas, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa. (wiki)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 18, 1819
Pittsburgh Academy was rechartered by the Legislature and renamed Western University of Pennsylvania; its location was on Third Avenue. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjoo33VI11qakblyo1_500.jpg)
Western University of Pennsylvania, 1833, by Russell Smith, Oil on Canvas, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa. (wiki)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 18, 1819
Pittsburgh Academy was rechartered by the Legislature and renamed Western University of Pennsylvania; its location was on Third Avenue. [Historic Pittsburgh]
![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]
![Norwegian Nationality Room dedication (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 15, 1948
The University of Pittsburgh dedicates the Norwegian Nationality Room at the Cathedral of Learning. [Wikipedia]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39hgoMH2z1qakblyo1_1280.png)
Norwegian Nationality Room dedication (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 15, 1948
The University of Pittsburgh dedicates the Norwegian Nationality Room at the Cathedral of Learning. [Wikipedia]
![Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 4, 1895
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is founded as Presbyterian Hospital. [Wikipedia]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39ah2Sf851qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh (via)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: May 4, 1895
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is founded as Presbyterian Hospital. [Wikipedia]
![On This Day in Pittsburgh History: April 28, 1920
Dr. John Brashear, noted astronomer and maker of astronomical lenses and other scientific instruments, died at 80 at his South Side home. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]
When he was nine, his grandfather took him to view through the telescope of ‘Squire’ Joseph P. Wampler, who set up his traveling telescope in Brownsville. That influential view of the moon and the planet Saturn stayed with Brashear for the rest of his life. After receiving a common school education until age 15, he became an apprentice to a machinist and had mastered his trade at age 20. (…)
In 1898 he became director of the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, continuing in this post until 1900.
From 1901 to 1904, he was acting chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, after serving as a member of the board of trustees since 1896. Brashear also was a trustee of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and served as President of the Academy of Science and Art.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m32hr4FR5l1qakblyo1_1280.jpg)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: April 28, 1920
Dr. John Brashear, noted astronomer and maker of astronomical lenses and other scientific instruments, died at 80 at his South Side home. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]
When he was nine, his grandfather took him to view through the telescope of ‘Squire’ Joseph P. Wampler, who set up his traveling telescope in Brownsville. That influential view of the moon and the planet Saturn stayed with Brashear for the rest of his life. After receiving a common school education until age 15, he became an apprentice to a machinist and had mastered his trade at age 20. (…)
In 1898 he became director of the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, continuing in this post until 1900.
From 1901 to 1904, he was acting chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, after serving as a member of the board of trustees since 1896. Brashear also was a trustee of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and served as President of the Academy of Science and Art.
![Workers on the Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, 1926-1934. Harry Scheuch. [Writing Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx4dcyvERj1qzt0w9o1_1280.jpg)
![Forbes Avenue near Atwood Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background, 1937 [Flickr]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m086zkwsXW1qakblyo1_1280.png)
Forbes Avenue near Atwood Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background, 1937 [Flickr]
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
Western University of Pennsylvania, 1833, by Russell Smith, Oil on Canvas, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa. (wiki) On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 18, 1819 Pittsburgh Academy was rechartered by the Legislature and renamed Western University of Pennsylvania; its location was on Third Avenue. [Historic Pittsburgh]
