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Pittsburgh circa 1910. "Schenley Park and vicinity. Panorama shows the University of Pittsburgh, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Carnegie Museum and Library, the Hotel Schenley, Forbes Field, Phipps Conservatory and Schenley Park. Also shown are the neighborhoods of Schenley Farms, Oakland, Shadyside, East Liberty and Squirrel Hill." At left, houses under construction on Parkman Avenue (the side of 4255 Parkman facing the camera). Composite of four 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Thank you for featuring my 5th cousin (through marriage).
Here are some links for the rest of you to use for tracing:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McFeely-37
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91000087/john-lindsay-mcfeely
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M7J9-L3D
Trying to figure out what the well dressed couple might be up to. Maps show that the sloped field they are standing on turned into an area of University of Pittsburgh campus buildings. Maybe they were "speculating."
[Or they've been posed there to make this a more pleasing panorama. - Dave]
Forbes Field is seen on the far right side of the photo. It opened on June 30, 1909, with a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, and served as the home of the Pirates until June 28, 1970. It had several nicknames, including "The Old Lady of Schenley Park."
The Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) is under construction in this photo. To the immediate left of the Conservatory is an open area of Schenley Park. To the left of that are two receding rows of white buildings, the first with rectangular windows with arched tops, and the second with symmetrical square windows. Those are the start of Andrew Carnegie's tech school campus.
John McFeely's obit states that he was the brother of Fred B. McFeely of Latrobe. Fred's daughter Nancy married James Rogers, and the two of them became the parents of one Fred McFeely Rogers. Fred Rogers, of course, went on to become the beloved host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which also featured a character named Mr. McFeely.
Residence of insurance man John McFeely (is there a Mister Rogers connection here?), whose family advertised for a chambermaid when the house was new, whose phone number was Schenley 1738, and who died in 1926. Click to embiggen.
If you zoom in dead-centre of the Panorama you can see a trolley car trundling along Fifth Avenue. Pittsburgh's huge network of streetcar lines disappeared rapidly in the 1960s, and on my first visit there in 1971 there were still some vintage PCCs running. New paint schemes such as "Mod Desire" shown here livened up the vehicles.
Since I work in a university, there are IT people a half and even a third my age who take care of computer-related issues for me. I could know more, but I don’t, because I don’t have to. When my generation passes, everybody left behind will be people who grew up in the computer era and who know what to do. All to say: I’m not at all sure what goes into making a composite panorama out of four glass negatives, but the result here looks seamless and very fine. Good job, Dave.
[Thank Photoshop (File > Automate > Photomerge > Add Open Files > Blend Images Together). As for Detroit Publishing in 1910, they probably used a different method. - Dave]
Oakland, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill etc.; not a tree in sight even for squirrels.
Must be a Monday in good ol’ Picksburgh.
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