{"id":2458,"date":"2012-10-03T11:53:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T11:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:24:31","slug":"andrew-carnegie-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-braddock-carnegie-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/03\/andrew-carnegie-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-braddock-carnegie-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Carnegie celebrates 25th anniversary of the Braddock Carnegie Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/03\\\/andrew-carnegie-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-braddock-carnegie-library\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 531px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"531\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 531px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"531\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/03\/andrew-carnegie-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-braddock-carnegie-library\/attachment\/2459\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"527\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2459\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mba80pb6UM1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,847\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mba80pb6UM1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mba80pb6UM1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C529&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mba80pb6UM1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=527&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"527\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"527\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 527px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong>April 29, 1914:<\/strong> Braddock\u2019s streets were packed when Andrew Carnegie arrived to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the library he\u2019d built for the town. \u00a0Flags flew from almost every building, according to newspaper reports, and hundreds of pictures of the steel king were on display. Carnegie led the crowd in the singing of \u201cAuld Lang Syne\u201d and remained on his feet during the entire two-hour ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Braddock Carnegie Library was the first Carnegie library built in the United States. It remains today as an architectural jewel in the old steel town. You can see what the library looks like today, and take a panoramic tour at the PG\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/multimedia.post-gazette.com\/Revolution\/panos\/20120801_Braddock\/LibraryTour\/default.asp\">Pittsburgh Revolution page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We found two pictures from this event in our files. In this photograph, Carnegie gets lost in the crowd, though a newspaper artist was kind enough to paint an arrow on the image to point him out on the stage.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo credit: unknown)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Braddock\u2019s streets were packed when Andrew Carnegie arrived to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the library he\u2019d built for the town.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/03\/andrew-carnegie-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-braddock-carnegie-library\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Andrew Carnegie celebrates 25th anniversary of the Braddock Carnegie 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