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Crowds gather to celebrate the opening of the Parkway West
Harry Coughanour, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteOctober 15, 1953
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Dignitaries gather on a flag-bedecked platform to celebrate the opening of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway West on October 15, 1953. City leaders envisioned the new roadway as a “magic carpet” connecting key locations of the larger metro area.
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- Title: Crowds gather to celebrate the opening of the Parkway West
- Creator: Harry Coughanour, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Date Created: October 15, 1953
- Subject Keywords: Pittsburgh
- Type: Photograph
- Original Source: Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
- Object ID: MSR566.B002.F17.I01
- Exhibit or Collection: #Pixburgh: A Photographic Experience (December 2016 to September 2017)
- Donation Information: Gift of Elenore Seidenberg
- Collection Information: Melvin Seidenberg Oversize Photographs, MSR 566, Rauh Jewish Archives
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