20th century photographs of pennsylvania

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1940 - Central 5 and 10 - Victorian era public domain image

1940 - Central 5 and 10 - Victorian era public domain image

Central 5 and 10 store, located at 211 Hamilton Street. Was also known as the "Central Novelty Company", it was open between 1934 and 1945. The building has since been torn down and is now a parking lot.

1940 - Globe 5 and 10 College Pennants

1940 - Globe 5 and 10 College Pennants

1940 - Globe 5 and 10 College Pennants for sale. Located at 707 Hamilton Street, the building was torn down in 2013 as part of the PPL Center Project

A charwoman who cleans buses sweeping the floor of a bus 8d32921v

A charwoman who cleans buses sweeping the floor of a bus 8d32921v

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A charwoman sweeping the floor of a bus at the Greyhound garage

A charwoman who cleans buses mopping the floor of a bus 8d32922v
A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day 8d30387v

A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day 8d...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day at the Lithuanian cemetery

A priest of the Lithuanian national church serving mass in the Lithuanian cemetery 8d30389v
Arranging loaves in Lithuanian bakery 8d19624v
Bal Balchunas, a Lithuanian baker 8d19619v
Face detail, A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day 8d30387v (cropped)

Face detail, A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Me...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day at the Lithuanian cemetery

Jacob Butkeraits, Lithuanian production manager in a Lithuanian bakery 8d19621v
Michael Spinella, Italian baker in a Lithuanian bakery 8d19622v
Paul Hermann, German baker in a Lithuanian bakery 8d19629v
Paul Hermann, German, baking loaves of Lithuanian rye 8d19630v
Purchasing bread in a Lithuanian bakery.8d19617v
1920 Grocery Store

1920 Grocery Store

The John Bowen grocery store at 809 Hamilton Street

Mills in Strip District, Pittsburgh (84.41.70)

Mills in Strip District, Pittsburgh (84.41.70)

View of Pittsburgh's Strip District neighborhood looking northwest from the roof of Union Station. The Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge spanning the Allegheny River is partially visible on the left. Date 06/20/06 T... More

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Bridge Towards Union Station (20180220-hpichswp-0123)

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Bridge Towards Union Station ...

A view of a bridge used by the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (P.F.&C.R.W.) looking towards Union Station in downtown Pittsburgh. Date May 29, 1913 Title Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Br... More

Second Avenue Passenger Railway (Right (7429.0025R.PR)

Second Avenue Passenger Railway (Right (7429.0025R.PR)

View showing the north end of the 10th Street Bridge, a portal to the Armstrong Tunnel, and the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Rail Yard looking across the Monongahela River at Second Avenue. . The Panhandle Bridge ... More

Union Station and Vicinity (201203.1912.6673)

Union Station and Vicinity (201203.1912.6673)

View of Union Station (also known as Penn Station), located at the intersection of Grant Street and Liberty Avenue, and vicinity. Bigelow Boulevard, Bedford Avenue and Centre Avenue can be seen to the right, wi... More

Sunshine on the Monongahela (83.21.32)

Sunshine on the Monongahela (83.21.32)

View of the Monongahela River or Panhandle Bridge, looking toward Mount Washington. Date 1917 Title Sunshine on the Monongahela Subjects Panhandle Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) M... More

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6397)

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6397)

View looking east on the downstream side of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge) from the North Shore to Downtown Pittsburgh across the Allegheny River. This is one of a series of photographs taken to docu... More

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6390)

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6390)

View looking west on the downstream side of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge) across the Allegheny River. This is one of a series of photographs taken to document the raising of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne... More

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6393)

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6393)

View looking east from the west end of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge) on the downstream side of the lower deck. This is one of a series of photographs taken to document the raising of Bridge No. 1 (F... More

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6515)

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6515)

View from the Allegheny River of the downstream side of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge). This is one of a series of photographs taken to document the raising of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridg... More

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6582)

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge (201203.1917.6582)

View looking east along the downstream side of workers on Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge). This is one of a series of photographs taken to document the raising of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bri... More

Bridges Monongahela Wharf Looking toward the Smithfield Street Bridge (85.4.7)

Bridges Monongahela Wharf Looking toward the Smithfield Street Bridge ...

U.S. Engineer Office photograph of the Monongahela Wharf looking toward the Smithfield Street Bridge. The Monongahela River separates the City of Pittsburgh from its South Side before joining the Allegheny Riv... More

(Bridges Union Bridge) (85.4.11)

(Bridges Union Bridge) (85.4.11)

U.S. Engineer Office photograph of the 43rd Street, or Ewalt Street Bridge, spanning the Allegheny River. The wooden covered bridge, built in 1870, connected Butler Plant Road in Millvale to 43rd Street (forme... More

Bridges Fort Wayne Bridge from the Pittsburgh Side (85.4.4)

Bridges Fort Wayne Bridge from the Pittsburgh Side (85.4.4)

Subjects Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Transportation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) Pennsylvania Railroad. Allegheny (Pa.) North Side (Pitts... More

Bridges Looking South from the Sixth Street Bridge (85.4.6)

Bridges Looking South from the Sixth Street Bridge (85.4.6)

Subjects Sixth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Street-railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Smoke--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

Bridges Wabash Bridge (84.17.6)

Bridges Wabash Bridge (84.17.6)

View of the 1504-foot long Wabash Bridge as seen from the Monongahela River. The height of the bridge deck was approximately 46 feet above river level. Construction of the bridge began in 1902. The bridge co... More

Bridges Wabash Bridge (85.4.13)

Bridges Wabash Bridge (85.4.13)

Subjects Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Wabash Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Riter Conley Manufacturing Company. Monongahela Wharf (Pittsburg... More

Coal Fleet by Monongahela River Portion of Pittsburgh Harbor (20180220-hpichswp-0133)

Coal Fleet by Monongahela River Portion of Pittsburgh Harbor (20180220...

An image of a coal barge fleet near the Monongahela River portion of the Pittsburgh Harbor. The steamboat Alice Brown can be seen near the Monongahela Wharf. Water Street and the Wabash Bridge Railroad Bridge... More

Allegheny River, Rogers Sand Co., Cable Haul (20180220-hpichswp-0090)

Allegheny River, Rogers Sand Co., Cable Haul (20180220-hpichswp-0090)

An image of a barge being hauled along the Allegheny River, while men on horses head towards the river shore. The Sixth Street Bridge is in the background. The view is looking towards Pittsburgh's North Shore.... More

VFMA Parade 1970

VFMA Parade 1970

Valley Forge Military Academy Band during Parade

1918 Stephens School

1918 Stephens School

Stevens School at Sixth and Tilghman Streets. This is where the Pennsylvania State College held evening classes, primarily In textile engineering, In Its early years In Allentown.

Elevated Tracks of Pennsylvania Railroad near Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Bridge (20180220-hpichswp-0124)

Elevated Tracks of Pennsylvania Railroad near Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne &...

A view of the elevated railroad tracks for the Pennsylvania Railroad (P.R.R.) near a bridge used by the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (P.F.W.&C.R.W.). Date June 3, 1913 Title Elevated Tracks of Pe... More

Bolivar Public School - 1904

Bolivar Public School - 1904

Bolivar Pennsylvania Public School - 1904.

Fox Chase Hotel - A black and white photo of a building

Fox Chase Hotel - A black and white photo of a building

. Image shows the exterior of the Old Fox Chase Hotel, long a familiar landmark at the bending intersection of Oxford Avenue and Pine Road, near Rhawn. The hotel, built in 1705, developed a thriving stage coac... More

Image from page 25 of "Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in the world .." (1904) (14781476484)

Image from page 25 of "Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in ...

Identifier: pittsburghgreate00pitt Title: Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in the world .. Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Publisher: [Pittsburgh] Contributing Library: The Library of Congr... More

Image from page 9 of "Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in the world .." (1904) (14803672523)

Image from page 9 of "Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in t...

Identifier: pittsburghgreate00pitt Title: Pittsburgh, the greatest manufacturing city in the world .. Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Publisher: [Pittsburgh] Contributing Library: The Library of Congr... More

USS Minnesota BB-22, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Minnesota BB-22, US Navy Photogrpah

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description