Photo similarities

[brathke at juno.com]

I have one of the large (approx. 9X12"), November,1964 editions which was
printed on uncoated paper, and totaled 520 pages.  I also have the 
November, 1980 edition which shrunk to about 8-1/2X11" size, but was
printed on coated paper and expanded to 670 pages, so the photos in it
are much sharper than in the original editions.

I'll have to check to see if any additional rail photos were added to the
1980 edition.  I did note that the dust jacket on the 1964 edition
contains a PAINTING of the Golden Triangle, circa 1960, while the dust
jacket on the 1980 edition contains a similar view except that it's a
1980-ish PHOTO.

I didn't realize that I kept post cards in these books.  I found a 1958
post card showing a detailed rendering of the stadium that was being
planned at that time - the stadium is suspended between double bridges
over the Monongahela River at Smithfield St.!

Bob 8/15

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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:22:00 -0500 Edward G Skuchas
<Edward.G.Skuchas at parsons.com> writes:
> About the Stefan Lorant book, there were two printings in October and 
> November of 1964.  By the 70's, that was a difficult book to find.  
> There was a revised and enlarged Bicentennial Edition in 1975 of 
> 25,000 copies with a 2nd and 3rd printing of 10,000 each.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Edward G. Skuchas, P.E.
> Senior Mechanical Engineer
> Parsons Energy & Chemicals Group, Inc.
> 2675 Morgantown Road
> Reading, PA 19607
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Holland [mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: Re: Photo similarities
> 
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> brathke at juno.com wrote:
> 
> > Don't forget the 520-page heavyweight book, "Pittsburgh", by 
> Stefan
> > Lorant.
> 
> 	Have that - second printing Nov--1964 - not overly enameled 
> with it but
> there are some nice rail related photos.
> 
> > And, I have a contemporary (1970s?) post card of a copyrighted 
> photo in
> > the Archives of Industrial Society at the University of 
> Pittsburgh.
> 
> 	Is this still available?  Sounds fascinating from your 
> description.
> 
> James B. Holland
> 
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