Koppers and Gulf Oil buildings from Lower Hil

Looking from the Lower Hill District towards the Koppers Coal and Gulf Oil buildings with plumes of dark smoke. A Dodge billboard with a clock showing noon and parked cars can be seen in the foreground. For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as

Location

Downtown

Address

Seventh Avenue and Grant Street

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection

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Source

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL

Subjects

Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Air--Pollution--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.; Air quality management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.; Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Gulf Oil Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Lower Hill District (Pitts

Identifier

SCLS024

Rights

Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose

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