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Born of fire : the valley of work : industrial scenes of Southwestern Pennsylvania / Barbara L. Jones with Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr.

Title: Born of fire : the valley of work : industrial scenes of Southwestern Pennsylvania / Barbara L. Jones with Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr.
Author: Jones, Barbara L.
Publication: Greensburg, Pa. : Westmoreland Museum of American Art, c2006.

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Description

160 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

"This is the first book on the Westmoreland Museum of American Art's extensive collection of paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, and photographs of the Big Steel Era in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. These images express the immense energy, power, wonder and force of the vast industrial complex that took shape in the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth-century, a time when Pittsburgh became the nation's foremost center of iron making and mass produced steel."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Industrial scenes of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Valley of work

Subject

Genre/Form

Art
Pictorial works

Note

"Born of fire is a development, distribution and promotional social enterprise that generates products and other offerings promoting southwestern Pennsylvania's industrial and cultural heritage, thereby connecting people to this legacy" -- P.6.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Pittsburgh's Industrial Corridors / Edward K. Muller, Joel A. Tarr 14 -- Plates 32 -- The Valley of Work / Barbara L. Jones 84.

ISBN

0931241316

OCLC

71299893
SCSB-10177835

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Harvard Library