Picture Books of Pittsburgh =========================== [_Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year_](https://archive.org/details/pittsburghallegh01thur). By George H. Thurston. Pittsburgh: A. A. Anderson & Son, 1876. —Illustrated with many priceless, though cheaply printed, woodcuts. [Another copy](https://archive.org/details/pittsburghallegh00thur_0). [Another copy](http://books.google.com/books?id=_zkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false). [Another copy](https://archive.org/details/pittsburghallegh00thur). [*The Illustrated Guide and Handbook of Pittsburgh and Allegheny*](https://archive.org/details/illustratedguide00pitt/page/n3/mode/2up), describing and locating the principal places of interest in and about the two cities. Pittsburgh: Fisher & Stewart, 1887. [*Allegheny County: Its Early History and Subsequent Development*](https://archive.org/details/alleghenycountyi01alle). From the earliest period till 1790, by Rev. A. A. Lambing, LL. D. From 1790 to the present time, by Hon. J. W. F. White. Published under the auspices of the Allegheny County Centennial Committee. Pittsburgh: Snowden & Peterson, 1888. —Mostly text, but with a number of historical engravings, and a large section of advertisements, some of which include pictures of buildings and places. [*Souvenir, Pittsburgh Post Office*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Souvenir_Pittsburgh_Post_Office/MBksAAAAYAAJ). A souvenir book of the opening of the new Pittsburgh Post Office Building in 1891. [*Our Cities, Picturesque and Commercial: Pittsburgh & Allegheny*](https://archive.org/details/ourcitiespicture00unse/). Pittsburgh: Bragdon & Griffin, 1898. [*Views of Pittsburg*](https://archive.org/details/viewsofpittsburg00pitt/mode/2up), compliments of Mortgage Banking Company, \[1903\]. [*Pittsburg and Allegheny Picturesque*](https://archive.org/details/pittsburghallegh02pitt/page/n1/mode/2up). Pittsburg: J. R. Weldin & Co., \[1905\]. [*Greater Pittsburg*](https://archive.org/details/greaterpittsburg02port/). Portland (Maine): L. H. Nelson Company, 1905. [*Palmer’s Pictorial Pittsburgh and Prominent Pittsburghers Past and Present*](https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735060444753). R. M. Palmer, editor and publisher, \[1905\]. [*Up-Town: Greater Pittsburg’s Classic Section. East End: The World’s Most Beautiful Suburb*](https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A00aah6674m/). The Pittsburgh Board of Trade, 1907. [*Pittsburgh Steel Company*](https://archive.org/details/PittsburghSteelCompanyFromOreToFinishedProduct/mode/2up). Pittsburgh Steel Company, 1911. [*Sketches, Serious and Otherwise: Men of Pittsburgh and Vicinity*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sketches_Serious_and_Otherwise/uScwAAAAYAAJ). By W. S. Washburn. Privately printed, 1914. —Portraits and caricatures of prominent Pittsburghers. [*School Houses*](https://archive.org/details/schoolhousesthee00carn)*:* The Eleventh Annual Year Book of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club Incorporated, 1916. [*Pennsylvania Homes*](https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniahome00reta/). Second edition. A select collection of practical designs for moderately priced homes. Edited and published by the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of Pennsylvania, headquarters, Park Bldg., Pittsburgh. Wm. B. Stayer, Secretary. Frank Harris Smart, Reg. Architect. 1922. —Dozens of designs for houses that will look very familiar to any Pittsburgher, some illustrated in color. [*Pennsylvania Homes*](https://archive.org/details/PennsylvaniHomes.ASelectCollectionOfPracticalDesignsForModerately). Fifth edition. A select collection of practical designs for moderately priced homes. Edited and published by the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of Pennsylvania, headquarters, Park Bldg., Pittsburgh. 1925. Wm. B. Stayer, Secretary. —Much enlarged.

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