The sun is visible through thick smoke beside a silhouetted church steeple. For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. In 1941 an effective smoke control ordinance was passed in the city of Pittsburgh, but the onset of World War II
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Subjects
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Air--Pollution--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.; Air quality management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.; Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Identifier
SCLS046
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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