Pittsburgh Post-Gazette advertisement for the home at 1807 Seaton Street - September 8, 1948. My grandparents lived a couple of blocks down on the same street.
A view of Shawhan Avenue homes, and Brookline Elementary School, as seen from Vodelli Street in Beechview, in 1913. The homes and streets in this photo make up the Fleming Place Plan, one of the first housing developments in Brookline.
Residents of Shawhan Avenue gather to celebrate the paving of their street. It was one of the last of the old Brookline streets to be paved. This was the section of the street between Jillson Avenue and Aidyl Avenue. The ceremony took place on August 29, 1962, and was attended by Thomas Lamb (19th Ward Legislator) and a few of the longest residing homeowners on the street, Thomas Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Kallas, and Mrs. Minnie Meier.
Construction workers laying a 56 inch sewer main along Sussex Avenue, just north of Cedric Avenue, in June 1921
These tool sheds, shown here on August 14, 1934, stood behind Engine House #57 along Trelona Way. They were used by both the local firemen and the workers with the Bureau of Highways and Sewers.
Homes along Wedgemere between Rossmore and Gallion (left), and the intersection of Wedgemere and Rossmore, in 1925.
Woodbourne Avenue on October 28, 1929, looking both directions from near the intersection with Stebbins Avenue.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Brookline had mining operations*****tered throughout the valleys. There were several mines along Edgebrook, McNeilly (Elwynn) and Saw Mill Run. This could be a a mine along Elwynn Street, shown in 1910.
Workers installing new double-track rails during the West Liberty Avenue reconstruction project in August 1915. The view is looking north from near Belle Isle Avenue towards Pauline and on to the bend leading to Capital.
August 9, 1939 - work proceeds on the West Liberty Avenue Trolley Ramp. In one week it would open to traffic.
Two inbound 39-Brookline streetcars on West Liberty Avenue, approaching Capital Avenue, in September 1915. These were the original eight-wheeled "box cars" that made up the bulk of the Pittsburgh fleet at the time.
Pittsburgh Railways ordered 666 of the Presidents Conference Committee cars, at a price of $28,000 apiece. They entered the fleet in 1937 and served the city and surrounding suburbs for a half century.
A Brookline trolley stands second in line ready to pick up students from South Hills High School circa 1961.
The Jalopy Journal
