Alternate title: | Monongahela Incline, Pittsburg, PA |
Summary: | The Monongahela Incline, a funicular built in 1870, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1907-1908. Message reads: "Just returned from trip up this incline, found store on top (x) run by a Mr. W. H. Wooley. He gave me this card. He is a comb. of Dutch-Scotch-Irish. Awfully smoky today. Big flakes drop down like black snow. Having quite a stay in Pittsburg. Write me next at Moorestown N. J. Gen. Delivery..." Postmark date: December 6, 1908; Postcard number: 9375; Message included. |
Provider: | Detroit Publishing Co. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Michigan |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Detroit |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Pennsylvania |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Pittsburgh |
Topical subjects: | Inclined railroads |
Cable railroads |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Photograph Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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