PA Photos and Documents

American Marketplace chronicles the development of the industrial expansion of the United States following the Civil War, and the parallel emergence of the consumer products reflecting the prosperity that came …

Complementing the original Iron & Steel Collection, the Iron & Steel Photographic Collection features individual images of places and personalities intrinsic to Pittsburgh’s development as the world’s leading producer of …

Pittsburgh’s heritage is strongly rooted in iron, steel, mining and related industries. The Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection is a digital compilation of books, journals, photographs, trade catalogs, and …

The Builder is an architectural publication that was published in Pittsburgh from 1901 to 1919. Its subtitle is: “Devoted to Architecture”. The Builder is a highly unique resource that provides …

This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie’s bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use a part of their curriculum.

This collection contains items relating to the iron, coal, and steel industry in Johnstown.

Funded by a grant from the Willary Foundation, this collection contains letters, books, paintings, photographs, and other artifacts from the era when the Lackawanna Valley emerged from its agrarian beginnings …

This handwritten historic collection contains over 2,800 pages of entries documenting the operations necessary to produce iron and iron products. It holds seven Isaac Meason Union Furnace Ledgers covering the …

An archive of papers examining historical flood control and new proposals under construction during the 1930’s and 40’s.

An archive of over 300 digital images from the library’s Historic Warren Photograph Collection.

Provides a detailed navigational study of the river during the era of early rafting and lumbering.