Slum Clearance on Ruch's Hill, Pittsburgh, by Virginia Cuthbert, 1937 .


Workers are clearing the land of dilapidated homes while the residents consisting of women and children look on. Construction machinery dots the background and the gray sky holds smoky wispy clouds.
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Slum Clearance on Ruch's Hill, Pittsburgh, by Virginia Cuthbert, 1937. Born in 1908, in West Newton, Pa., the small towns of southwestern Pennsylvania were considered home for Virginia Cuthbert and provided the subjects for many of her paintings.