Scarf

Object number2011.95.1

Date1958

MediumSilk

Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection

DescriptionSilk scarf with blue, gray, black, and white color scheme and white edging. Seven large images positioned around the center depict (clockwise): The Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Mellon Square Park, Cathedral of Learning, Fort Pitt Block House, The Golden Triangle, Mellon Institute, and Alcoa Building. Between images are small depictions of a wagon, people, a park, a steamboat, and a steel mill. In the center is the Pittsburgh bicentennial slogan. To right is an image of the Point with a plant above.Dimensions32 x 31.5 in. (81.3 x 80 cm)
InscriptionsIn the center it reads: "GATEWAY / TO THE FUTURE / 1758 / PITTSBURGH BICENTENNIAL 1958-59"
Historical NotesScarf commemorating the Pittsburgh Bicentennial of 1958-59. The scarf has imagery of Pittsburgh institutions, buildings and historic sites like the airport, Mellon Square Park, Cathedral of Learning, Fort Pitt Block House, the Golden Triangle, Mellon Institute and the Alcoa building.

Related institution Mellon Institute of Industrial Research

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