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Tradesmens industrial institute of Pittsburgh, PA

Description: Image of the exhibition building for the Tradesmen's Industrial Institute first exposition held in 1875, with pedestrians, people in horse-drawn vehicles, and people on horseback visible outside the building; lower image of an aerial view of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, with several bridges and steamships visible around the city; officers and executive committee members are listed at either side in decorative frames.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1875, ©1874
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_001717
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackermann, Emil F., (1840-); Ames, Daniel T. (1826-1909.); Aubrun, Louis. (1808-); Benecke, Theodore. (1823-1898.); Bentzen, B. M. (approximately 1828-approximately 1894.); Bien, Julius, (1821 or 1822-1883.); Bourquin, F. (1824-approximately 1877.); Chapin, Will E. (1813-1873.); Church (1813 or 1814-1882.); Curran, M. E.; Davis, Theodore R.; Haddock, John A.,; Hunter, Thomas,; Remacle, A.; Krebs, Otto.; Meyer, Gustav; Miller, James,; Murphy, John L.; Olsen, Alex A.; Queen, Jas.; Schile, H.; Telbin, William,; Thornton, Chester.; Walker, Edmund,; Weingartner, A.; Wheaton, W. F.
Associated organizations: A. Brown & Co.; American Bank Note Company.; Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.); Banks & Co.; Breuker & Kessler Co.; Centennial Photographic Co.; Colby Poster Printing Co.; Cosack & Co.; Crosscup & West.; Currier & Ives.; Day & Son.; Donaldson Brothers (Firm); Ed. W. Welcke & Bro.; Ehrgott & Krebs.; Fair Pub. House.; George Stinson & Co.; Gilbert & Rivington.; Gillin & Nagle.; Goupil & Cie.; Harper & Brothers.; Heliotype Printing Co.; Julius Bien & Co.; Kurz & Allison.; Leighton Bros. (London, England); Lloyd Brothers & Co.; Los Angeles Times (Firm); Majestic Poster Press.; Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.; Matthews-Northrup Company.; Nagel & Weingärtner.; National Publishing Company (Philadelphia, Pa.); New England Lithographic Co.; Ohio.; Orcutt Litho Co.; P.S. Duval & Son.; R. Hoe & Company.; Rand McNally and Company.; Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.); Riverside Printing Company.; Russell & Morgan Printing Company.; Schmidt Litho. Co.; Southern Lith. Co.; Tappan & Bradford.; United States.
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