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Window shopping at Giant Eagle, 1950. Credit: Elliott Erwitt/Carnegie Museum of Art🖤 Follow for more historic P...
09/02/2026

Window shopping at Giant Eagle, 1950.



Credit: Elliott Erwitt/Carnegie Museum of Art

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Pittsburgh’s Smithfield Street in the 1960s. Source: Herb Ferguson/University of Pittsburgh Follow Vintage Pitt...
08/31/2026

Pittsburgh’s Smithfield Street in the 1960s.



Source: Herb Ferguson/University of Pittsburgh

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Portrait on a hillside overlooking Pittsburgh, wearing top hat and sunglasses while holding soprano sax and sign reading...
08/29/2026

Portrait on a hillside overlooking Pittsburgh, wearing top hat and sunglasses while holding soprano sax and sign reading ‘Soul brother’, 1968.

The photo of Clif Garboden, found in UMass Amherst’s digital archives, contained no additional context beyond the caption.

Pittsburgh street scenes from the 1980s. Which neighborhoods do you recognize? Credit: Bob KreiselFollow Vintag...
08/27/2026

Pittsburgh street scenes from the 1980s.
Which neighborhoods do you recognize?



Credit: Bob Kreisel
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A trolley approaching Dormont Junction in the 1970s. Follow Vintage Pittsburgh for more historic photos and vid...
08/26/2026

A trolley approaching Dormont Junction in the 1970s.



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Pitt Stadium in Oakland, 1984. Source: Joel B. Levinson/Pitt ArchivesFollow Vintage Pittsburgh for more histori...
08/10/2026

Pitt Stadium in Oakland, 1984.



Source: Joel B. Levinson/Pitt Archives
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Pittsburgh’s Smithfield Street in the 70s.Credit: Philip Abromats Follow us Vintage Pittsburgh for more Pittsbu...
07/31/2026

Pittsburgh’s Smithfield Street in the 70s.

Credit: Philip Abromats



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My great-grandparents, Felix and Josie, were married in Pittsburgh in September 1940 - nearly 86 years ago. Their weddin...
07/05/2026

My great-grandparents, Felix and Josie, were married in Pittsburgh in September 1940 - nearly 86 years ago.

Their wedding took place at Ascension Church on Pittsburgh’s North Side, a small Lithuanian parish founded in 1906 on Metropolitan Street. The church remained active until 1962, when it was demolished to make way for an industrial park.

I was able to find their original marriage license application, the minister’s return certificate, and even the parental consent form my great-great-grandfather had to sign (my great-grandmother was only 19, which was below Pennsylvania’s legal age of majority at the time).

Back then, it only cost them $3 to get married - including 50 cent tax and consent fees.

I was inspired to dig into this because just a few weeks ago, another Felix got married in Pittsburgh… me!

Although the Felixes eventually moved out of the city, I’m grateful to be able to return to my roots. It’s pretty cool knowing that almost 86 years later, another Felix is starting a new chapter of his life back where it all began.

Fourth of July fireworks over Pittsburgh, 1988. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Follow us Vintage Pittsburgh for...
07/04/2026

Fourth of July fireworks over Pittsburgh, 1988.



Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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