Redoubt of Old Fort Pitt

Object number2012.3.1

Date1940

MediumPaper, ink

Credit LineTransfer from Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission

DescriptionPrint of a line drawing on paper in black wooden frame with gold trim. Depicts the front of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse.DimensionsInside frame: L: 15.25'' x W: 19.50''
SignedSigned in bottom right corner " MCCALLUM / 1940".
InscriptionsIn pencil on back is old museum collection number "FP2008.2.1"

Text at bottom center reads: “REDOUBT of OLD FORT PITT / Standing almost in the shadows of down-town Pittsburgh’s sky-scrapers, this structure is still splendidly preserved.”
Historical NotesPrint of drawing of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse. This print was originally on loan from PHMC to the History Center but was formally transferred to the History Center in January 2012.

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