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Interior of the Duquesne University college chapel, Pittsburgh, PA, circa 1960.
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The interior of the ornate college chapel, with nuns at prayer during the school day.

Credit: Courtesy of Duquesne University Archives.

In 1911, the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost became the first Catholic institution of higher learning in Pennsylvania to become a university. Duquesne's ornate college chapel adjoins the "Old Main" administration building.

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