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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Pittsburgh Leader Almanac And Compendium Of Facts For 1872; Also Business Directory Containing, Besides All Useful Information Given In An Ordinary Al

Pittsburgh Leader Almanac And Compendium Of Facts For 1872; Also Business Directory Containing, Besides All Useful Information Given In An Ordinary Al

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ISBN10: 9354504353
ISBN13: 9789354504358
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into Pittsburgh as 1872 saw it: practical, ambitious, and loud with commerce. A city speaks in numbers. The Pittsburgh Leader Almanac and Compendium of Facts for 1872 is a historical city almanac and 19th century business directory in one, built for daily use and now prized for its detail. Alongside the calendar essentials sit snapshots of Pittsburgh municipal history, a local events chronology, and the kind of grounded information that maps how a town actually worked - streets, institutions, services, and the rhythms of public life. Its commercial listings and ads turn names into neighbours, revealing who supplied coal, cloth, tools, transport, and the countless trades that powered Pittsburgh 1870s boomtime. It gathers principal events, figures, and practical tables into a compact annual record, letting you trace local priorities as clearly as the weather and the dates on every page. Set in Reconstruction era Pennsylvania, this volume captures a Victorian era almanacs view of an American industrial city just as modern urban identity was hardening into shape. For family historians it is a sharp genealogy research reference; for local history collectors it is a window onto everyday decision-making, from civic notices to business networks. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure, offering the immediacy of a facsimile reprint edition and the usefulness of a US city directories reprint to browse, consult, and keep close.

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