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Harris'S General Business Directory Of The Cities Of Pittsburgh & Allegheny; With The Environs

Harris'S General Business Directory Of The Cities Of Pittsburgh & Allegheny; With The Environs

Harris, Isaac

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)General World HistoryRelationships

ISBN10: 9354503349
ISBN13: 9789354503344
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into the working streets of old Pittsburgh. Names. Streets. Trades. A city. Harris's General Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny; With the Environs is a historical city directory that captures a region in motion, when workshops, warehouses, mills and offices were reshaping daily life. Built as a commercial business directory, it brings together pittsburgh business listings with a practical merchant and trades index, recording addresses and occupations across Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area. For readers of industrial era pittsburgh history, it is an immediate, ground-level view of who was there and what they did; for genealogy and local history research, it is the sort of source you return to again and again, tracing families, firms, street corners and shifting neighbourhood identities. Long valued among pennsylvania city directories, it also stands as an archival reference collection in its own right: a crisp snapshot of 19th century pittsburgh that rewards browsing as much as targeted lookup, and a facsimile reprint edition experience that belongs on the shelf of any serious collector of Americana. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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