Sign, Identification
Object number2016.139.1
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of Joseph R. Gilligan
DescriptionRectangular bronze sign with raised border. Front has textured background with raised text identifying the high water mark of the 1936 Pittsburgh flood.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 6 × 8.5 × 0.25 in. (15.2 × 21.6 × 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront has raised text "ALL TIME / HIGH WATER MARK / [arrow] 46 FEET [arrow] / MARCH 18, 1936 / PITTSBURGH, PA."
Historical NotesHigh Water Mark from the 1936 flood. The donor’s father took this off a building downtown when he was doing work on it. He is not sure where the building was, but remembers a Five and Ten store on the opposite corner and a saloon on another corner.
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Mike Young
James H. Matthews and Company
