Newspaper headlines announcing John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s assassination and state funeral also heralded a years-long wave of violence targeting American leaders.
Look at the picturesNov. 22, 1963: Assassination of a president
Events
Pittsburgh history is built upon moments both significant and small. From the 1903 Wabash Bridge collapse to the 1953 department store strike, find many Pittsburgh event pictures and tales here.
Since its invention more than a century ago, the phonograph disc has been abused, broken, burned and demolished for a number of reasons.
We realize this is but a partial history of a family rocked by one of the city’s great tragedies. So much remains untold.
At ‘The Digs’ we’re looking for photographs of Pittsburghers celebrating Thanksgiving prior to 1985.
The picture that leads this blog post was taken in the third month of what would prove to be a very turbulent decade.
Look at the picturesBobby Vinton Orchestra at a Wilkinsburg sock hop