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Men standing on Wylie Avenue possibly including Jerry Sumpter, Alphonse “Fons” Moore, Leon “Pigmeat” Clark, Leroy Mason, Billy Snyder, and Herman Ross, Hill District

Charles “Teenie” Harris, 1948

The Animal Rescue League is on Tumblr! Founded in Pittsburgh in 1909. 

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Check out these photos of our old shelter, an old Animal Rescue League truck, and the old city of Pittsburgh dog pound!

Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh (via)

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 9, 1933 

At a rally of 2000 persons in Syria Mosque, plans were made to send a delegation to Harrisburg to fight for city-manager form of government for Pittsburgh. [Historic Pittsburgh]

Downtown Pittsburgh, 1890 (via) 

Pennsylvania College for Women suffragette float, Pittsburgh, 1914 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives] 

On May 2, 1914, courageous women and men paraded through downtown Pittsburgh in support of the controversial topic of women’s right to vote. The PCW float attests to women’s fine qualities. The side panels read: HARMONY, LOVE, {probably} FAITH, SERVICE, and DEMOCRACY. The College Seal is affixed to the horse’s blanket. Mrs. Julian Kennedy, wife of the noted Pittsburgh engineer, led the procession. In addition to local suffragists, the parade consisted of councilmen, girls in white to represent suffrage states, professional women, Boy Scouts, a motorcade, and contingents from various regional and national associations.

United States Steel’s Homestead Works outside Pittsburgh, 1973 [The New York Times] 

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 8, 1932 

Winston Churchill visits Pittsburgh. [The Pittsburgh Press]

1956. For the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph. [Chatham University Archives]

Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle, 1925 [PGH Bridges] 

Christopher Magee (left) and William Flinn (right) 

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 7, 1901

The “Ripper Act,” which empowers the governor to remove corrupt mayors, becomes law. The city’s most noted political machine — the Magee-Flinn ring — ends when Mayor William J. Diehl is ousted later in the year by state action. The ring had dominated politics for two decades, enriching its members through favorable contracts and organizing the city’s growing immigrant population into potent voting blocks, similar to Tammany Hall in New York City and city bosses in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

“Depression Era Headlines." The Pittsburgh Press Building, Pittsburgh, 1931 [Flickr] 

Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company, c. 1884 (via) 

On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 6, 1882 

The Homestead mill of the Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company had its first strike when millworkers refused to sign “yellow dog” contracts; violence followed. [Historic Pittsburgh]

Monongahela House, one of America’s oldest and most famous hotels (via)  On This Day in Pittsburgh History: March 5, 1847  The Monongahela House, rebuilt after being destroyed in the 1845 fire, opened. [Historic Pittsburgh]

Soldiers marching in Homestead following the end of World War I, 1918 [Life in Western Pennsylvania] 

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