[PRCo] Re: Great shot of Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh 1960s

[Herb Brannon]

Back in the 1970s PATransit participated in a Pennsylvania-wide program
titled, "Poetry In Transit". It was open to residents of PA to submit their
poetry for inclusion on the car-cards placed in the vehicles, statewide. I
remember many of the car-cards, in the PCCs, and one in particular stands
out. The poet was one, Milton J. Shapp, Governor of PA. His contribution
was, "....I never met a phor I didn't like".
Just a little transit trivia from PATransit in the PCC era.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

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> I see a Milton Shapp billboard in the photo.  He ran for Governaor of
> Pennsylvania in the fall of 19 66, and East End trolleys ended in January,
> 1967.  The primary election was in the spring of 1966, so that would place
> this photo that year.
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> Bob
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> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:34:37 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Great shot of Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh 1960s
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> Two of my favorite Pittsburgh items are in the photo.............the small
> street lamp at the end of the safety island and the traffic signal showing
> yellow over green. I did put the photo on my "watch list" on eBay.
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
> wrote:
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> > Really like this view of Liberty at Sixth, Downtown Pittsburgh - probably
> > taken between 1963 and 1966...
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pittsburgh-Trolley-Slide-75-Wilkinsburg-Car-1465-/150814841314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231d43d9e2
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> > Matt
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> Herb Brannon
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park