NON.PROTII ORG,

U. S. Posloge

P A.I DPillsburgh, Po.

Permit No. 598

MEMBtrRS RtrSPOlTD GtrlTtrROTJStYTO SPtrCIAL FT]]TDII\G PROGRAMS

ln our last nèursletter we announced the Nati'on-aì Trust for Historic Preservation had abrarded.ourorganization a chal lenge loan of $85r000 repayableover five years at only 3Z interest. A condition ofthe loan is thåt we rai se S600,00d in lgTj and l97\.

We recently sent a letter and fund raising bro-chure to al I of our members asking thát our memberspledge an extra gift for this year and next year tothe campaign. 1f we have a good response from members, we can then go to coporations and foundátionson a much stronger bas is wi th requests for majorgrant f unds.

(Unfortunately the I etter sent to members had anearly date on ì t. I t was pri nted in advance of thebrochure I tself and by the time the brochure was offthe press the date on the,letter bras stale. Howeveqb/e beiieved that our members would'rather have uS )

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0ur membeis have been. responding gener.ouslyour request, ln the first ten.days hre received000 in.gif ts and pledges. However, ,more Membersmain to be heard from and þ¡e hope that they w.iì-1.able to send in a favorable response. Nothing imore important'whqn soìiciting major gifts thanbe able to say that our members have,contributedf irst and foremost,4

Remember that your gi f t can 'be al located to ourGeneral Fund, the 0ld Post 0fficé, the ReCtoratíonRevolving Fund, or the development of the arti factga rden next' to the 0 I d Pos t 0ff i ce Museum.

Please help us by sending ih your pledge by July30, 1973 so that we can swing the campaign into ful I

gear wi th the corporations and foundations by late.SUmmer.-

A. GIFT NOST/

á. PLEDGE FOR T973.T974

I/We enclose check or securities to be appliedtoward the fund campaign of Pittsburgh History& Landmarks Foundatioir . . . $. .

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Sunday, June Z\, l9l3 Pictured here is Mrs. VJilliamEichleay showing visi torsthrough her lovely home inthe Hexican War Streets. Mr.6 Mrs . E i ch I eay câme to thìårea several years ago andrented an apartment from PHLFThe"y I ikeà .the år€Ét rso,wel I

that they moved .i n and'com-mi tted themsel ves very ful lyto it. Mrs. Eichleay has ser-ved as president of the Hex-ican War S-treets Ne ighborhood

Assocïation and has been very generous about let-ting visitors and persp'ectíve residents see theirhome and splendid garden. .The Eichleay home is oneof the houses scheduled,for exhibit on the Mexi,canI,Ja r S t ree ts House Tou r.

GIFT RECEIVED FOR DONALD STEI,NF¡RST HEMORIAL FUND

We are pleased to acknowl-edge a gift from theStanton Bel four Fund of the P¡ ttsburgh Foundationof a grant of $193.70 payable towards support ofour Donald Stbinf irst Memorial Fund. Last year weïni tiated the Steinfi rst Fund as part of our Per-formirtg Arts Seríes. Each year our j"ury of'pro-fessional inu'sícians w.ill sblect a vocalist and'in-strumentalist betwêen the ages of lB and 25 f.qomAl legheny County 'to perf orm at the 0l d Post 0f f ï cèMuseum in this series and to receive,an honorarium.The late Stanton Belfour was a founden and directorof our organizafi on and our seêond floo.r lecturehal l-gal lery is dedicated to his memory.

Cost of the tour is $3.00 wh ich aìso includes atour of the 0ld Post 0ff i.ce Huseum and free trans-portation to and from Allegheny Center and thel4exi can l./ar Streets.

Churches in the area wi I I be sel I ing snacks andrefreshments and provïding a place io sit and chat.Tickets may be bought in advanc.e at the 0ld post0ffice or the day of the tour at the 0ld post 0fficeor at the lnformation Booth whích wi I I be ìocatednear North Avenue and Resaca p I ace

Horse Drawn Pittsburgh HackComing Our W"y

\y'e have a special surprise for those who wil I beattendfns the Hexican War Streets tour on Sunday,June 2\. 0n that day tw,o flne hor.ses þr¡ll lead anearly Pi ttsburgh taxi through the Mexícan Warstreets and over tp the 0ld post 0ff íce where thetaxi wi I I become part of our permanent col lection.

We will describe more about the taxi in our nextnews I ette r, but for 'now we i nvi te you to take alook at ¡t in operation in the Mexìcan War Streetson Sunday, June 2\.

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MEXICA]\{ V/AR STREETS HOUSE TOTIRll:00 a.m. to !:00 p.m.

\,/e ãre happy to. announce that there wil I now be aI arge r group of houses open 'for i nspect ion for theHouse Tour than was previously expected. tJe nowhave 35 bui ldings and garden avaí ìable for inspect-ion i

ñnr7me^ ñ /rrnrn -l/THE PRESIDE¡VT'S RAMBLE

0n May 23, l6lB, Czech nobles, dissatisfiedwi th the conceptions of I iberty thei r Emperor en-tertained, hied up to tli e Hradcäny Castle in pragueand hurled three courtiers out of the royal windows"The courtiers escaped unhurt, but the event herald-ed the, open ing of the bloody Thi rty Years War.

Thè'windows of Prague have survived. The Hrad-cany Castleì itself has susvived not only the ThirtyYears.l'lar, but the First and Second tJorld conf licts..Prague is one of the great unravaged cities ofturope.

But the windows of Pittsburgh are in great dan-ger.'- The defestration of P¡ ttsburgh is slowly be-ing completed.

Let us visit Lawrênceviìle as a. beginner, thathomogeneous respectable ancient (f-o. p¡ ttsburgh)community built on the.site of Shannopins lndianTown and which George Washington and ChristopherGist reached (wi th frozen feet) after spending afrigid December night on Wainwright's lsland overby the Mi I lvale shore., Letrs get right ¡nto the.story.tures number one, two and th ree.

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Number I is perhaps the most original, mostpristine. Thé original cast i ron fence is st,i l-lthere from Pittsburgh iron works". you will remem-ber that the rtt ron City" keyed up to a fever pitchín qgpplying guns and cannons for the Civi I War.'fhus åfter the I./ar the factories kept practicingthei r cast i ron ski I ls unti I most houses large õtsmall felt sliqhted unless they possessed their

..,_..-fences, balconìes, gates or other embel I ishmenis.*"=?'É¡;rt¡ö" b.i y"' È u ch .' à -,1 f e'nce' toda y t' o r', a cg u í re. onè, ¡ n . t he

second-hand marketi 'The original door in the photograph with its white glass.knob, origina.l cast ironlintels, cornice brackets and cornicã, and the in-terior shutters al I attest to the pr.i ty of desi gnand passion of the owner to preserve a pìeasingand honest work of architecture., The same simple honesty and design of photo-graphs two and three attest to a tenacity.and ye.s,tenderness over the yeard in a smal I sel i-respect-íng American industrial town.

by way of con t ras tThe windows have

ts are gone, lin-eplacements wi I I

howeve r, to I endoratíon: here åsurround.

of invidious com-ci ty, for respectourse, such form

The last picture. number six,shows a truly charming row

'of Víctoría¡ houses, intrig-uing bays, s.turdy doors andinteresti ng door surrounds.S i d i ng on one house , howeve r,has all but destoyed thebas ï c form of the house,metal awn i'ngs have intrudedin the streetscape in othersand in one case the glassblock has struck a discord-

ant note. Telltale'brick iñsets betray for,ever thebçì i ttled windows of two in the' row.

But here again tlre scene i_s. not hopeless. Some-d"y, some way we know this Block.cün again be areal gem of' true Lawrencevi I le and hence P i ttsburghs ty I e

The defenestration of Lawrencevi I le finds' itscounterparts al I over P ¡ ttsburgh, the North S i de,.old Allegheny, South S'í de, 0akland. ls ¡t nottime to discover, protect and preserve the uniqueand charming character of this grand old city ofours?

ChanLes Couert Arensber.g

Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundätion and9*y g{ Pittsburgh Bring TreesTo OId Allegheny

Ea,ch.year for a number of years f un{s have beenmade avai lable from the Sarah Mel lon Scaife Found-ation to ttìe City of Pirtsburgh on a matching Uaè¡sfor tree planting. \.Je are delighted to report thatmore trees have appea.red in places around the. cít.if or wh i ch we and commun ity groilps have made re-quests. This year marvelous,large Maþle trees andLittle Leaf Lindens lvere planted in the Al leghenyCommons to rep I ace those tha t have been b I i gh ted.A year ago we recommended to the City Forester -thattrees be planted the length of North Avenue betweenthe great Elms that now ìine the park but which aredoomed by the Dutch Elm disea-se. This way.the youngtrees will already be well developeil when Cne Elmsdie off. The ci ty has planted a number of thesetrees al ready. In .previous years the-city plantedtrees in Bi rmingham (South S ide) and in the Boyle-Loraine Street area of Central North S ide, inManchester, and in the restoration area of theHill District.

COMMITTEE OF 2OO ITEEDET)TO SAVB OUR TOY MUSBTIM

The above p i ctures a re part of the mi n i aturedol I house col I ect i on and an t i que toys whi ch wehave on display in our museum.- This rafe and un-usual col lection has been one of 'our main attract-ions and one you can view time and time again.

For centuries dol I houses ånd thei r miniaturecontents 'have fasåi nated ch i I dren, col lectors, artlovers and practical minded families as a means ofínstructing daughters in the ways of good house-keeping. Later, in Colonial America, tiny repl icasof f urniítrings accompanied itinerant merchants.ontheir rounds, as samples of the l'ife-sized productsthey had for sale but could not carry:. l,/e are.for-tunate to have the fine col lection we have in theOLD POST OFFI CE HUSEUM.

Th is col lect ion has been on loan to us by 14rs.Jack Reed with the understanding that we wouldpurchase them for our museum. . Mrs. Reed has beenbes ieged by people who want to buy the. toys wh i chhave appreciated r:apidly the year v{e have had them'.i n our museum.

Mrs. Paul C. ltlcBeth, J r. has agreed to cha i r acommitte.e of 200 of our members and friends whowil I donate'$100.'each. (either individual ly or' qsa fami ly) to save the toy museum for future gener-ations ro enjoy. in the 0LD P0sT 0FFlcE MUSEUM.' Abook wilì be placed in the toy gallery with thes ignatures of the C0MMITTE,E 0F 200 who .made thi spossible.

Please make yõur checks out for 5100. to thePittsburgh History s Làndmarks Foundation. HaiIto Mrs. Paul C. McBeth, Jr,, Toy Fund 0ld P.ost0f f ice Museum, Al legheny Squ,are\ l.lest, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania 15212.

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Now to pictures four and f iveMany features have been changed.been miniaturized, cornice bracketels have disappeared and brick rattest forever to the desecration

EnouSh features have survived,hope for some future wave of restfence, therç a lintel, now a door

The ìessçn we hope ís not onepiirison, bu{ of a plea_fbr simplifor original' form, assuming, of chas intrinsic worth.

Any guestions - please322-1204 or 3\l-5855,

used 0NLY for the toy museum.contãffiHrs. McBeth at

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Don't delày, September l, 1973 is the deadline.

HOUSE RENOVATIO]TSPHLF is currently engaged in two house renova-

t i ons of qu i te d i ffe ren t scope and effect. 0neproject ïnvolves considerable interior alterationand rebui lding; whi le the other cal ls for relative-ly mírior physical alterati-ons.The house ïnvolving extensive alteration is 408Taylor Street (c. l8B0) in the Mexican lJar Streets.We are constructing two neb, hal ls, new kitchens,and baths, Fêplacing at least half of the cei I ingsind plastering wal ls. When completed, thqre wi I I

be a two-bedroom apprtment onthe first floor and a three-bed room âpa r tmen t above. Theupper apårtment has a 20r x'25' livïng-dining area withexposed brick side walls andexposed' cei I ing joists. Abovethis room is the thírd bed-room wh i ch has' a v i ew th roughdormer windows both south a-cross the Mexi can War Streetstowãrd the Goìden'Trianglean d no rth towa rd the F i nev i ewhill.

The contractor for the project is Lerda ConstructionCompany, the same contractor who renovated l705Cårson Street a year ago. Hrs. David L. Genter,owner of a restored house in, the Mexicgn !Jar Streetsand member of our Board of Di rectors is conductingthe interior decoration using grey.-blue and whiteìn the fi rst floor and gold and whi te on the secondfloor

The only problem remaining to be solved in thishouse is the very beauti ful but very inappropriateTudor front door for whi ch we mus t f i nd or con-struct a fittinç¡ replacement.

The other house currently undergoi ng renovationis 1329 Liverpool Street (c.l88o) which may proveto be the least expensivé and most fa.i thful Vlctor-.ian house renovation, we have undertaken. Due tothe exce I I en t ca re wh i ch had beeñ taken of th i s

bui lding by previous ownersand tenan ts , a I I woodwo rk hasretained Tts original finish'and all..pla,ster ceiIíng mould-

-i ngs and rose ttes a re i n tact.. Al'l . pIas'ter",:wãI Is.'were.-f;ound -

to be i n 've ry good c-ond i t i onunder layers of waìlpaper.

". (W¿ have usually found that inan o l d house, con t ra ry to . pop-ular belief , it is the'wall-paper whích holds the plas!erup and not vice versa;)A hot water heat i ng sYstem,new electrical servige, ther-

maì insul ation, and new ki tchens and baths are' be-ng Ínstal led wi th minimum alteration of the orig-nal wal ls and details. \,Ihen completÞd, the build-ng wí I I .contain t\^ro spacious two-bedroom apartments

which, due to the low cost of renovationr. wilì rentin a price range whichManches te r res i den tsas well as others c.anafford.The contractor for thïswork is,William J. Ve-zendy, who has previous-ly renovated two of ourhouses on J ane 5 t ree tin the South Side. Oneof ou r membe rs , Hen ryHegerle, is the elect-rical subcontractor andanother member, Wil liamLisk, Lisk Plumbing andsubcontractor.

The exterior of the building including itsextravagant Victorian porch for which LiverpoolStreet is famous was restored by our work cre¡, in1967 "so no further work save a fresh coat of paintís necessary to complete this project.

\^le have I ong been concerned wi th the preserva-tion of Liverpool Street and have been working wi ththe resïdents there. Now a $12,000 grånt from theRyan Foundation has allowed us to take this firsts tep

Heating, is the plumbing

Staff Changes Announced0ur Executive Di rector, Arthur Ziegler, on June

l, announced major changes in our staff.The growth oi our organizatïon and the multipl i-

cation ãf demands upon us for services necessi taterealignments of responsibilities and changes inpersonnel.

Several months ago we initiated an experiment -bymaking Mrs. Carolyn Emerick avaílable Ês liaisonw¡th volunteers on.. an experimental basls to sqe ifwe ooul d exPand our vol unteer Program. The efforthas been highly effect.ive and Mrs. Emerick is now

named to the permånent post. as Assistant for Pro-grams, Membership, and Volunteer Services. As Mr'i iegler poi nted out, "Th i s del inéation of respons i -bilitles means that we will have one-highly quali-f ied person ín charge of al I 'areas of our organi za-'tion if,"t directty ãf fect dur members. Mrs. Emerickhas organized the most extensive tour,pro!¡ram in ourhisiory'and wi I I expand i t next yeår into charter

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air'flights abroad, whe will continue to work withall up"ð¡ql eventç likê the Mexican Wa'r Streetshouse tour, the fiea market, and the street fai rand wi I I be responsible for developíng membershíp'

Ellid Schr¡idlapp, now in his fourth. year withour organ ¡zaìion as rtAss istant for Des ign Programs"will assume the title of 'rRestorationist and Ex-hibitions Designer.rt Mr. Schmidlapp, a graduate of,the Department of Architectqre, .CMU, works closelywi th the executive di rector in the restoratìon andmaintenance of all of .our Properties, the develop-ment of al I exhibi tions in the 0ld Post 0ffice :

14useum and a t the Ne ì I I Log house ' and se rves as a

contul tant to Mr. Ziegler concêrning the acquisi t-ion and development of al I properties. He is alsoresponsible for Federal and State Register pro-grams for historic buildings in Allegheny County'õn. of his most important contributions of recentdate i,s the design.of the artifact garden fò'r the0ld Post 0ff ice Museum, I

Mr. Ziegler also announced the appointment ofMs. Barbara Hoff of Shakér Heights, 0h-io,-to thestaff âsttAssistant for Special Projects"' l'l s'Hof f is a cand idate f or the degree õf Mas te ¡4 ofsciencé,in Historic Preservatio.n in the Restorationand Prese,rvation of Historic Archi tectu.re,Deqart--ment in the School of Architecture at Columbia Uni- ,

versity. Much qf her graduate work was devotþd tos tudy i n j "s'e I f -he lp tróuã i ng"'reh'abi ì i ta t i on proj ectsand has-worked on an architectural surveY',al,Fluqh-ing and South Jamaica' New .York. She has also beenemployed by the Cleveland l'lu"seum of Art a.nd comeshi;hly re"ôt*"nded by Profedsor.James-Marston Fi tch,auihor of the noted book.Americañ Buil.ding: TheForces that shaped it. M;.--HõTf-took I"r undergrad-

ge of Des i gn, Arch i tecture andArt of the University of Cincinnati. Her chief re-spons ibi l i ties wi l l be to assi st the di rector incarrying out varibus programs 'incl uding communi tyact¡on ptosrams.' She will -als.o assist Mr. Schmid-lapp in thã federal and State Register recordingproject and in research for exhibitions.

Mr. Z iegler announced the res i gnation ofCharles W. Shane as diroctor of public relations,Hr. Joseph Drexler as general staff assistant, andMrs. Betty Dougherty as general off ice,assistant.Mr. Shane wi I I devote himsel f to the developmentof his ovJn f irm, Hr. Drexl'er is returning to school,i4r. . Betty Dougherty had to res ign f or personal.uàrons and we hope that she bíi I I be able to re-turn ï'n the near future.

Lee Ziel inski remains as Administrative Assis-.tân t, Hrs . H i nn i e Po rtnoy as Bu rsa r, and James D.Van Trump as D i rector of Reséarch.

CALET\DAR OF EVENTS

June 24, ll:00 a.m. to 5:.0d p.m.Mexi can l'la r S t ree ts Hòuse Tou r

July 7; 8:30 â,n. to /:00 P.m.Bus Tour to \^lashington ê Greene Co'

July 29,

August 4

2:00 p.m. ;

!úal king Tour of Thornbu¡g

r'0le AlleghenY Street Fair'lin the lìexican \y'ar Streets

Eventhough the weather was qui tecent Fìea Market was able to add$400. to the Garden Court Fund.you who particípated and a'll ofhard to make'it a sreat dayl

t'unfïttt, our re-approximatelyV/e thank al I of

you who worked so

August l8-19 Bus Tour to Ti tusvi I le-Chautauqua

lJatch for exact date - Bus Tour to HistoricAnnaPol i s

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Volunteers Appointed to Official Posts

. We are fortunate indeed to häve'a number cif vol junteers who have offered to contri bute thei r time ona regu I ar bas i s, so that they have become I i ke stãff.There are now so many volunteers þrorking in so manydifferent areas for PHLF that we cannot ìist them allhere, but in the next few newsletters we wi ll be dis-cus.sïng some of their activities. Herewith are justa f ew:,

Haroìd Lyke is noþ, responsible for visitor in-formation serv.i ces. Mr. Lyke keeps our touristliterature rack in the lobby of the museum f illedwith f irst rate I iterature about pittsbur:gh andour surrounding area. More than 80 di fferent p¡e-ces of ìíterature,have been gathered by Mr. Lykein large quantities and "r" ãvaiìable at no cñ".g".We operate the onìy tourist li.terature rack inthe enti re county on a permanent basis, thanks tofunds donated last yeêr by the J r. League for theconstruction of the rack. Mr. Lyke also travelsto all hotels and motels within a I00-miìe radiusand leaves literature in their racks about the 0ldPost 0f f ice Museum, the Mexican f,/âr Streete andB irmingham.

Mrs. Paul C. McBeth continues to serve as headof the gift shop. Mrs. McBeth has actually heldthis position for many months now and has built upthe gi ft shop to where ¡ t produces at least $200 amonth prof it for PHLF. She has a wide range ofi tems i n the shop and because so many of our vi s i -tors return to the museum frequent ly, she keeps thecontents of this shop changing regularly'so that newitems are always available for your consideration.

Pat Degenhardt is no\^, responsible for all museumaccess ioning other thån fashions whi ch receive thecareful attention of the Fashion Group. Ms.Degen-hardt has been a hard worker for PHLF and because ofher thorough and .d i I igent concern r^¡i th the manyartifacts and aèquisi tions that are being offered tous, we asked her to take. full charge of seeing thatthey are properly catalogued and stored. She i s be-ing assisted by Mrs. Margarite Boese and Mr. GeraldKumme r.

Hrs. Helen,Mackey is cur-rently ass¡stíng in ouroffice doing typing and cataloguing for Mr.,VanTrump.

El len Malone and Getty have generous'ly consentedto ass,i st mightily ¡ri the Birmingham project. To-

\gether they have heì ped the South S i de Chamber ofComme rce and the South S í de Commun í ty Counc i I organ--ize a' mass ive clean-up progråm for South S íde "at therequest <lf the businessmen and.residents. They havedesigned posters and are organizing the young peopleinto a speciaì I'wesh up Carson Street'r day. Soonthey wi I ì be cal I ing upon those businessmen and res-idents to explain the b¡rmingham restoration program,discuss the value'of the buildings owned by them andencouraging restoration. Because the Bi rminghamprogram has been stal l.ed for lack of f unds for staf Iwe feel that the presånce of Mrs. Malone and Mrs.Getty will boost the program immeasurably.

Mrs. Kenneth Boesel has been very generous wi thher time as chairman of th'e Hexican War Streetshouse tour program. She has an excel I ent commi tteeto assist her, all of whom brere listed in our lastnewsletter. Mrs. Boesel has been acti.ve in theMexican War Streets since the time our programs ta rted and she has res tored seve ra I houses hand-somely herself. Without her chairmanship this year'the Mexican War Streets house tour could not havebeen he I d.

NEV MEMßERSDâvld and Nlckl ÀdÍerAllcgheny Clty So!¡ety, lnc.Hrs. ccorgc C.

^nderson0r.. € Hrs, nlchãrd ^.

Ândergon0r.6 Hrs, Davld F,

^rcherHr5. Louis¿ l. AstonHr. E Hrs. Thomai l. S. ¡oãk. Jr,Borlãnd Prlntlng Coñpanyl1r. ¿ ilrs. r¡. Theodore BrooksDr. ¿ Hrs. Íl Mam BiowneJãmes F. ButlerCeorg€ F. Cahl I Il.lrs. Robert D. Campbel IHr, E ¡lrs. Lårry C, CãrêyJudge 6 Mrs. Wl I I lam F. CerconeFred R. Curtlsllls. Glcndð C. DullHrs, H. S. Dunn¡reFrank J. EckclJeroñe J. ê Ellzâbeth H. Essel¡'ls . Leonð K. F I she rHr. 6 Hrs, Gåy A. câbriel¡,1r.61,!19. Jâñes C. GlêscockJohn R. cood, Jr.VâTren ¿ ilàrJor¡e cottschalkMr.6 Hr5. Rolend R. crãhâm, Jr.I'lrs. JÐmes H. HlgglnsHr. È llrs. Sldney B. Hoovcr¡1r. ¿ llrs, /\lexander H, JêcksonCurtlss tl. Jãcksonl.lr. 6 14rs. Bernërd JanoscoMr.6 Hrs. J. Frèder¡ck Kunzel,rllllåñ Kurtek

\'ilr.6 t1rs. Jsmes F, üslonê, IllLynne \,1. l,la5on¡lr. & llr9. C. Hex ¡,lccullough, Jr.¡,!r. 6 ¡lrs, Edm!ñd R, l,llchãllkHr, 6 ì.trr. James'H. ÌlgrehouicHonorabìc E Mr5. crègg L. NcèlFred W., Jr. ¿ Keren A. 0kletlrs. Clenn 0sborneJohn F, 0ylcrP€rry Wodenrs Club11r. ê l.1rs. Bruce ll. Phl I llpsPllot Club of Plttsbùrdhl{rs. Í. /\, Powcr¡'ls. llary K, PrlngleDr. 6 H13. Robert !1. PrlnglcDr.

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l,lr. ¿ hrs. lan e, R¡wsonKelth D. F, RowlandMlss ÉlÐlne SadowsklHr.6 ¡'lrs, Vllllam R, SallnêtroDon¡ld L. schlcleHr. ¿ Hre. llaìtcr A. Scott¡,1r. & lf rs. Aì lcn C. Sheldonl,ls, Clårå H. Shlpl.yl'lr. & firs, ll. D. Stonel{s. Ssndr€ SwctlEndl{rs, A. E, Telchårtllrs. Lucl lê L. ThlcsscnÍêtthew R. Tlbbyl.1rs. BcnJåmln H, Thonasson14r. ¿ ll13. llaurlce E, TroutHlss Srrå !l!rburtontl. L. WåtdF, L. Wleg¡nd, Jr.Josêph L. vl leyJohn 0. Yoedtt'll ss Stis¡nn¡ Lêe Yoedt

Ì1r. t ¡ìrs. Louls KuçhnarHrs. Cãrl KutchênrelterHr. E ¡{rs. Paùl F. Lelxlhomas Letosky¡lrs, Betty H, Llttìellr.6 Hrs. Howard Lupovitz{rs. Gordon G. llacVe;n

Wíth thanlcs to o.ur fiLany fríendsfor their many and varied artifacts for our Museumcollection in the months of Harch, April and May.

Hrs. p. L. Hartsock Lewis H. StarkKatherine E. ReichartGeorge E. BishMrs. Davíd GrubbMrs. Hilda ErwínI',l.r. 6 l,lrs. Richaid ¡,lccallDr. ê Hrs, James BallantyneJohn Baxterl,trs. J. L. Schulmí reHrs. Earl W. LyonMiss Karen KlaphakePete CrothersRichard Gíesel,lrs. Alvin Dorf ieldAdele EvanlshBeðtríce ConsoloM rs . Ann F. Hu rphy

Hrs. William HcKee. Mrs.. P. L. Hartsoçk

Hrs. Wi I I iam B. l{orsel'lrs. John T. Tim11 iss Carol BridgensHrs. Harold L; LangH¡ss Pêtric¡a Flynn-Lyonsl'lrs. Hugh Nevinl,f rs. Audrey Y. SlesserVictor WelbleWal tèr LeubaHrs. Pauline Croasmuml'lrs. Edward P. Junker, Jr.l'lrs. Bertha Boyle

' Hrs. Edward 0rNeiìl'1 rs. DorothV Dãwson

Shoun here is PíttsburghFiz,e Chief , Thomas Ken-neLly, right, shouingfiremen Vince PetreLLí,Left, and PhiL CasaLe ,

hou 'tOLd vigiLant" uaspumped. Chief KenneLLgand fiz,emen at the NorthSide Publíe Safety BuíZd-

' ing u) er e'', on' haäd*to*tl d'1\eome "OLd VígiLant't toits neli home on the NorthSíde.

Carnegie Institute has donated "0ld Vigilantr',P¡ttsburgh's oldest fire eng¡ne, to PHLF for the0ld Post 0ff,ice Museum. The hand-pump engine wasused by the Vigilant Voluntee.r Fire Departmentbefore the advent of steam fi re engines and apaid c¡ty fire department. Buílt ïn 1850, theengine battìed f ires ïn P¡ttsburgh until the eal-ly l860's. r'0ld Vigilantrrwas sold in l870 toSalem, 0hi'o, and later was acquired by'the Vet-eran Volunteer Firemenrs Association for a museumexhibit in Philadelphia. -ln l9Z2 the Associationgave the eng¡ne to Carnegie lnstitute, where ¡thas been displayed for the past fifty years. 'r0ldVigilanttr rema¡ns almost wholly intact from thedays when volunteers could pul I i t, across the ci tyin less than twelve minutes to combat a ragingfire. The engine is elaborately adorned withbrass hose fittings, silver tr¡m, and a beautïfulstained glas's and brass lantern. We exPress ourprofound appreciatlon to Carnegie lnEti tute fortheir iJonat ion fo this outstanding rel ic f romPittsburgh's past.

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Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Museum'

2. 5% discount on purchases at the Old Post

Office Museum Gift ShoP.

3. Subscription to "News for Members" and spe-

cial publications on architecrure and history'

4" Free admission or discourit tickec for ¡vaik-

ing and bus tours.

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6. Nodfication of new exhibits at the Old Post

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7. Participation in an organization given na-

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\^/e will then have a buf fet lunch at the historical DroverrsI nn enroute to our afternoon vi s i t to the Greene CountyHistoricaì,,.Museum.

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THORNBURG \,JALKI NG TOUR

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'i'i$r''- through" the 'ãreä;t uã'p'e'riì¡ ttea'number of private gardens. l{eour most interesting tours Yetl

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T I TUSV I LLE - CHAUTAUQUA BUS TOUR August lB-ì9, 197.3

This two-day tour will incìude a visit to. Drakers ì'¡/ell atTitusville, Penna., Píthole, a buffet luncheon at Crosscreek country club, and then we will continÙe on to chau-tauqua lnstitution. We will have dinner and then a

choice of attending a play or a'concert. Sunday, one may

attend church in the amphitheater,or rest. After lunchwe wi I I take a boat ride around the lake, and then headf or Pittsbur!Ìr to arrivè at approximateìy /:00 p,.m.

MORE ABOUT TH I S TOUR I N FORTHCOMI NG NEWSLETTERI

HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS BUS TOUR

Ùò are ín the midst of plannÌng our tour to HistorlcAnnapolls for late September or early 0ctober. The Hís-torìcal Foundation of Arinapolís is plannlng to glve'usa private house and garden tour of theÍr restoratlonwork so we do not have Lo go when they have thelr regular-ly scheduled famous house tour whlch has become so con-gested. lfe are ìooking forward to thls special treêtmentand hope many wi I I take advantage of this touri Horewi I I be announced later.

Eventhough the weather was qui tecent Fìea Market was able to add$400. .to the Garden Court,Fund'you who participated and all ofhard to make'i t a great dayl

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Our Volunteers Speak . .

A woRD FRlM MARr IIHLEBER, pRESTDøwi' or Qun IILUNTEERS:

ilNothing is accompl ished without enthusiasrn."' That is whatour vol unteers have and they accompì i sh a great deal. Any-time of the day and qui te a few nights volunteers have keptth ings humming at the Liveìy Landmark. Many thanks to al I

you wgnderfu I peopl e for your'loyal ty and hard worklThe biS one is coming up for the Associates: There wi ì I

be a meeting on Tuesday, June l2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mus-eum to final i ze our plans for .the Mexican War StreetsHouse Tour

lf you forgot to send in your vci lunteer slip, c'ome tothe meet,i ng and sign up. Be assured we need you and brinç¡a friend, member or not, everyone who has an. interest inwhat we are doing is welcome

Half of my term as your president is over and I want youto know what a joy ¡t has been to work with-you. TheSocial Committee serving at the Performing Arts Seriesthought they were swimming in a sea of punch wi th wavesof cookies...The Gift Shop under Mrs., McBeth, a ¡eal starin the volunteersr crown...Grace Alster and l, speakingat schools and clubs...Mrs. Johnson and her Tour Guides,enthraìling innumerable school children and folks of allages. . .Pat Degenhardt has the Access ion ing group wel I inhand...Greg Weidner, Exhibí ts, what goes up must come

, down...John Martine fi I I ing in wherever I need him...and¡t goes on and on.

i--),, MEMBBRS1

itckt A,fierI ty so¡iery, lnc.

I C. AndersonlRlch¡rd

^. Anderson

Dãvl¿ F. Archerr T. Aston-fhomâs l. S.8o¡k, Jr.n t lng comp¡ny!J, fheodorê Brooksl,lllll¡m Eiownetler¿hl I I

i D, Campbe l lLårry C. Careyl. t¡ri I I i:m F- C.rcon.tisC, Du I IDunml reke IEl lzðbcth H. Essel

. F¡sherGay A. GabrielJânes C. Gláscockd, Jr.rjorle GottschãlkRoland R, Graham, Jr.H. HlgglnsSidney B. llooverAl exånder H. JecksônJãcksoñBern¡rd J¡noscoJ, Freder¡ck KunzetekLou¡s KushnerutchenreìterPaul F. LeíxskyH. Littlehoward LupovitzrC. HâcV¿ån

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\t4r. 6 Mrs. Jðnes F. Mâlone, .l I I

Lynñc !J. Mãsonhr, 61.{rs. C. Hex ¡,lccullough, Jr.l.tr. ¿ ¡4rs. Edmund R. lllchallkllr. E l{r5, James'H. llorehous.llono.âble ¿ ¡1rs. cregg L. NeelFred W., Jr. a Kerèn A. 0klc¡lrs, _6ìcnn 0rborneJohn F. 0ylerPerry l"lomenrs Clùb11r. ô ¡4rs, Eruce ll, Phi I I lpsPilot Club of Plttsbì'rgh¡lrs. H, A. Powcrljs. Mery K. Prlngle0r, ê llrs. Robert W. PrlngleDr. Ann quattrocchiHr. ¿ hrs. lån G. RswsonKelth D. F. Rowlåndliiss ¿le¡nê s.dow3kltir. € llrs. lrllll€n R. Sallnetrooonãld L. schlÉle¡1r. ¿ t'lrs, 1.,¡lter A, Scottù1r. 6 l{rs. Âllen C. SheldonHr. Clâr¡ fl. Shlpleyl'!r. 6. ¡lrs. lil. D, Stoneffç. Såñdrá SwÉtl ãñd¡lrs, Â. E. Telchãrtl,lrs. Lucllc L. Thlcssêntlatthew R. Tlbby¡,trs. 8ênj.m¡n H. Thomðssonl.ir. ¿ Ì1rs. Hðurlce E. froutlll ss Sãra llarburton 'W. L. }la.dF, L. !rle9and, Jr,Joseph L. \,1¡ l?yJohn 0. Yoedt¡,li ss Susãnna Lcc Yoedt

Hrs . Hugh Nev i nHrs. Audrey Y. SlesserVíctor WeíbleWaltár LeubaHrs. Pauline CroasmumHrs. Edward P, Junker, Jr.Mrs. Be rtha Boy I eMrs. Edward 0rNelll,l rs. Dorothy Dawson

Shoan hez.e is PittsburghFtre Chief, Thomas Ken-neLLA " night, shoaingfiremen Vinee PetreLLi,Left, q.nd Ph¿L Casale -hou 't)Ld vigiLant" üaspumped, Chief KennelLyand firemen at the NorthSíde Pub Zic ,9afe t.?/ Bu?: Zã-,

A special mention tominute notice to helpenve I opes s tuf f ed. \^lethat act.

I am proud--A LandmarkAss.ociates.

those who rallied round at a lastine get those .l700: j Fund Raisingeven had some child labor in on

to be one of you and so gìad you are with me

Associate--Join the I ively ones' join the

0ne of our curren.t exhibits isof Mr, James Glascock. VJe askedmembers, to wri te an arti cle forcol lection

I do not know j us t how one does 's ta rt co ì I ect ing ,ol d

tools. I started by stumbl ing on an old rosewood pìowplane which was covered with paint. VJhen I got itcleaned up and found a blade to f it it, it was a

beaut i fu I p i ece of work, I have often wondered whobought it; how many years it was used; and how it gotso much paìnt spilled on it.

'ìAl l old tools. be they l6th century or early l9th ceñ-tury show ingenui ty on the part of the maker' They*u.u useid foi specif ic jobs and trades -- many ofwhich'no longer exist.

I have found marí y tools that I spent a year or twoidentifying. Hereìn ìies the challenge' There are a

few gooä bõoks on the s ubj ect . The one I recommendmost highly is Eric sloanã's "Museum of Ancient Tools".

Rachel CarsonHomestead Campaign On

D¡d you know that the birthplace of Rachel'Carson was here ìn Allegheny County in-the com-

muni ty appropriately named Springdale?The house is

'in private hands but a move has been

started by a ìocal group cal led the Rachel CarsonHomestead Association to raïse funds to acgu¡re'

the "0ld Tool Collection'lMr. Glascock, one of ourour newsletter about his

í. n g Y D e' i ëwbtit$Ti: dwd-"'|vdeome "1Ld VigíLant" ta

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restore, and maintain the property'At the request of the associ'ation, 'PHLF has

agreed to co-sponsor th i s i mportant effort, and we

frãve opened a specia I f und .wi th in our orgân izat ionto collect donations toward this goal'

Rachel Ca'rson, author of the Silent- SPrin-g' thebook that cal led to national attention the danger otpesticides, was one of thp most important leadersnatíonal ly in the envi ronmental movement' She made

us aware. of the'interrelationships of our ecologybefore that word became popular' and ber writingsare now part of our daily vocabulary' AlleghenyCounty ¡; both fortunate and honored to have pro-duced such a distinguished b',oman' Vle feel it isvery important for ãrr orgånization to join in thiseffort to save a house that has been rende red s i g-

nificant by virtue of being the birthplace of RachelCarson. ln f utu.re newsletters we wi ì I be I ineatingthe full program as,¡t is formuìated by the RachelCarson Homeri."d Assocíatìon. We wi I I also be pro-ject ing budgets and ,uses of the house '

Checks shou I d be 'made payabl e to the PHLF and

marked'rRacheI Carson"

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MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES

1. Free admission to the Old.Post Ofice, the

Pittsburgh History & Landma¡ks Museum'

2. ,% dlscount on purchases at the Old Post

Ofñce Museum Gift ShoP' ./

3. Subscription to "News for Members" and spe'

cial puËlic"tions on a¡chitecture and history'

4. Free admission or discourit tickets for walk'

ing and bus tou¡s.

5. Free adniission to winter lecrure se¡ies'

6. Notification of new exhibits at the Old Post

Office.

7. Participation in an grganization giveà'"a-- tional å*utds "for the vigor of its programs'"

A Garden CLubbeautify someerties on the

lhanks to our müny fríen'dsrír many and varied artifacts for our Museumlion in the months of March, April and'l4ay.L. Hartsock Lewis H. Stark

ne E. Reichart i,'l rs, \¡Jil I iam f,lcKeeE, ai.sh f4rs.. P. L. Hartsocki,¡d Crubb Hrs, l'/i I I iam B. llorse]lda Errin Hrs. John T. Timrr. À¡chai¿ Nccal I Hiss Carol Bridgensrs. James Ballantyne Mrs' Harold L' Langxrer l,liss Patricla Flynn-Lyons,L. Schulmi rerl ll . Lyonren K I aphakeothers

G i esevïn Dorf ieldvan ishe Conso I oh F. Murphy

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rgie lnstitute has donated r'0ld Vigilanttt'rúurgh's oldest fire eng¡ne' to PHLF f9t the'osi-0ff,ice Museum. The hand-pump engine wasby the Vigilant Volu'ntee.r Fire Department'e the advent of s team f i re eng i nes and a

rcity f ire department. Bui I t in I850' thel" båttled f i res in'Pi ttsburgh until the eai-16o'r. "0ld vigilantrrwas sold in. l870 tol. 0h io, and later was acqu¡ red by the Vet-lúolirnteer Fireme.nts Association for a museum

i¡t in Philadelphia; .ln 1922 the AssociationIthe engine to Carnegie lnsti tute, where i tl."n ¿¡ãplayed for the past fïfti years' 'r0ldl"nt" remain.s almost whol ly intact f rom theIrhen volunteers c,ould pull it,across the cityiss than twe I ve minutes to combat a rag ing, ff," engine is elaborately adorned withI ttote f ïitings, silver tr¡m, and a beautïf ul,"d glas's and brass lantern. Vle express -ourund appreciatlon to Carnegie lnstï tute for

.i Aonat'ion fo this outstanding 'rel ic f romburghts past.