“A stock panic surely was in progress and consternation gripped Wall Street.”
W.W. Forster, Financial Editor for The Pittsburgh Press, reported that billions of dollars were lost in the hurricane of tumbling prices.
In 1935, Pittsburgh was still a city of “sweat and gold,” smoky and burgeoning with economic activity.
Pitt Stadium was completed in 1925, and on Sept. 26 of that year, Pitt christened the concrete bowl with a 26-0 victory over Washington and Lee.