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DescriptionHarpers 8 11 1877 Steeple View of Pittsburgh Conflagaration.jpg
English: "A Steeple-View of the Pittsburgh Conflagration"; engraving showing the burning of Union Depot and Pennsylvania Railroad yards, Pittsburgh, PA during Great railroad strike of 1877
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Harper's Weekly, Journal of Civilization Vol XXL, No. 1076 (August 11, 1877): 624-25; scanned from an original issue. Some photoediting done in order to repair small holes and miscolorations.
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M.B. Leiser, engraver
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"A Steeple-View of the Pittsburgh Conflagation," an engraving by M.B. Leiser, from pgs. 624, 625 of "Harper's Weekly, Journal of Civilization," Vol XXL, No. 1076, New York, Saturday, August 11, 1877. Shows burning of railroad yards during [[Great railroa
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