Caption: The Miner, c. 1935, by Roy Hilton.
In 1928 Hilton moved to Pittsburgh to begin work as an instructor in the Department of Painting and Design at Carnegie Institute of Technology. He taught for almost thirty years, before retiring in the late 1950s.
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The Pennsylvania State University
Steidle Collection
Caption: Steel, 1942, by Edmund M. Ashe.
Ashe taught painting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in the 1920s and 1930s. He was one of many artists drawn to Pennsylvania's industrial might.
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The Pennsylvania State University
Steidle Collection
Caption: Bituminous Coal Plant, c. 1935, by Carrie Patterson
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The Pennsylvania State University
Steidle Collection
Caption: Company Row, 1941, by Alan Thompson.
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The Pennsylvania State University
Steidle Collection
Caption: Pittsburgh, c. 1937, by Christian J. Walter
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The Pennsylvania State University
Steidle Collection
Caption: Star of Bethlehem, by
Sally Albright, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County,circa 1900.
Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Caption: Pittsburgh, Pa., c. 1906, by Colin Campbell Cooper.
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Caption: Composition, No.6, 1936,
by, Arthur B. Carles, 1882-1952.
A life-long Philadelphian, Arthur B. Carles studied at the Pennsylvania Academy from 1903 to 1907 and taught painting classes at the Pennsylvania Academy from 1917 to 1925
Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
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Caption: Peace Wall, by Jane Golden and Peter Pagast. 1308 South 29th Street (at Wharton St.)
© 1997 Jane Golden/Peter Pagast/PDR, Mural Arts Program, Sponsored by the William Penn Foundation. Photo by Jack Ramsdale, www.muralarts.org