Pittsburgh / USA: Steelworks - Wilkinsburg To Erfurt (Vintage PC 1909)

vintage tinted lithograph postcard showing the massive steel works in pittsburg pennsylvania

front side features a panoramic colorized view of the industrial plant with numerous smoking chimneys train tracks loaded freight cars and the river valley in the background printed in germany

back side is a split back post card written in english dated september 20 1909 addressed to mr paul siemers at steigerstr 38 in erfurt germany the interesting message explicitly comments on the image stating do you wonder that pittsburgh is called dirty and smoky with many such mills as these franked with a red 2 cents us postage stamp depicting george washington cancelled with a circular postmark from wilkinsburg pa dated september 21 1909 and an additional machine slogan cancel

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally used in 1909

condition: very good..please also refer to scans which show complete front and reverse of postcard

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