[PRCo] Re: Teenie Harris Collection

[Fred Schneider]

I think he might have taken two pictures ... I think the one I remember was aimed a little more to the right and the trolley was closer.  But, you know, I think I light this one better because it shows the neighborhood.  fws

Bill Robb wrote:

> --- Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com> wrote:
>
> > If my memory works as well as I would like (and this
> > morning I have great doubts), Teenie Harris was an
> > African American photographer who lived in the Hill
> > Diztrict and who was noted for his photographs of
> > the neighborhood when it had vitality as a
> > commercial and entertainment center for the
> > people who lived there.  But the streetcar shows
> > that a lot of the people also went downtown ...
> > maybe the car was taking them to work.
> > I've seen a large print ... perhaps 11x14 ... at the
> > museum (the means PTM) which showed an entire
> > trolley in front of the Hertron Hill Car House ...
> > taken from a second or third story window across the
> > street.  It may also be one of Mr. Harris' works.  I
> > do not have high speed internet so I'm
> > not about to scan through all of his photos to find
> > it.   Matt may wish to continue the search.
> >
>
> Let's see if this works:
>
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?sid=10dc0aaff30592fad380256916168ebf;g=imls;med=1;c=cmaharris;q1=cmaharris;rgn1=cmaharris_all;evl=full-image;quality=2;view=entry;subview=detail;lasttype=boolean;cc=cmaharris;entryid=x-1997.34.3.2;viewid=1003287.TIF;start=381;resnum=400
> It's titled Herron Avenue Car Barn and is dated 1950.
>
> If you go into the Full Text section of Historic
> Pittsburgh and search for Lewis Guide, you will find
> the Lewis 1923 Street & "Trolly" Guide.  Trolly is
> mispelled on the cover
>
> There is a section listing streetcar lines as of 1923,
> with the headway, round trip running time, and night
> car times (if any).
>
> http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pitttext
>
> Bill Robb
>
>
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