A PRC troop train!

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Kenneth and Tracie

Your photo is further east of Oakland near the Carnegie Mellon
campus on Forbes Ave.  In the neighborhood there was a Bureau of
Mines Bldg, a naval armory and various Carnegie Mellon Buildings.

The Logan Armory was right in Oakland near Atwood Street on
 the uphill side off of 5th Ave.

Harold Geissenheimer

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
> >
> > >From Harold Geissenheimer
> >
> > In 1950, I transferred into the Pennsylvania Natonal Guard's 724th AAA
> > Gun Bn
> > when I moved from New York City.  The unit was located at the old
> > Logan Armory at Bayard and Thackery Streets in Oakland, Pittsburgh.
> > The Armory has since been demolished and a new University of Pittsburgh
> > building stands there.
>
> Mr. Geissenheimer,
>
> Please look at the attached photo. Some of us "youngsters" are trying to
> determine if the building on the hill is the old Armory. If not, would
> you know what this building purpose was?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken Josephson
>
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