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27 Nov 1958, sixty-seven years ago today: Pittsburgh kicked off its year-long bicentennial celebration of the founding of Fort Pitt, which took place on this date in 1758.
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Duquesne Pilsner sign (left center) was long a landmark at the corner of Bigelow Boulevard and Sixth Avenue just above Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh. Today, this site is the location of the U.S. Steel Tower.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Donahoe's Fifth Avenue Brand Turkeys, "the most delicious turkey you ever ate!" Thanksgiving 1935 (ad from Post Gazette, 26 Nov 1935)
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ad for Kaufmann’s Christmas windows on this date in 1958 🌲🎅🏻
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Pittsburgh on the Big Screen: Iconic 1970s Films www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bbe...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The big snow of Thanksgiving 1950

(L) Abandoned vehicles on Webster Avenue in the Hill; (R) Residents of 1300 block of Seitz Street on the Bluff shoveling snow
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
25 November: Today would be Andrew Carnegie’s 190th birthday. In honor of his 100th birthday in 1935, several celebrations were held to recognize his philanthropy. This button is from those events and the editorial cartoons are from that day’s Sun-Telegraph and Post Gazette.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Eliza Furnace, J&L, 1961
Oil painting by Fritz Keck, based on old black & white image
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
J&L, 1953
Oil painting by Fritz Keck, based on old black & white image
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Pittsburgh Crèche
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Golden Triangle, Aug 1972
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Coffee/tea company that was located on Market Street. It was located near Market & the Boulevard, around where the River City Inn used to be in PPG 5. This button is from 1890-1911 (when Pittsburgh didn’t have the ‘H’)
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sights & Sounds from The Steel City youtu.be/7OFX3NFglwk
Sights & Sounds from The Steel City - Pittsburgh, PA
YouTube video by ScenicRoadTrip
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November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Light-Up Night 2025 🎄🎅🏻
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A Pittsburgh Christmas Tree tradition, Then & Now. Horne's, 1960; Highmark 2025 🎄
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Seventy-one years ago today - 22 Nov 1954, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Roberto Clemente as the first selection of the rookie draft. ⚾️
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
63 years ago, at 11:40 a.m. CT (12:40 p.m. ET), the Kennedy's landed in Dallas. The First Lady was given a bouquet of roses and they got in a motorcade.
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thanksgiving 1943
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Post-prohibition Thanksgiving, 1933
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Bluff Street Resident Recalls Pittsburgh of Other Days, The Pittsburgh Press, 3 Jun 1928
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM