Grain Harvesting

c.1840

Unknown

Long before the coming of the railroad, Patton Township was rural farm country. This picture of grain harvesting on the family farm harkens back to that farming heritage.

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John McGinnis (1798-1847)

c.1840

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The McGinnis family came from Ireland and originally settled in Baltimore, where John McGinnis was born in 1798. In time the family moved to the Pittsburgh area where John was to become a farmer and eventually a successful tobacco merchant. In 1835 he bought some 300 acres of farm land east of Pittsburgh in the Turtle Creek Valley. In 1841 he began selling lots at the crossroads of Tilbrook and the Great State Road (today’s Route 130); a place he was to (modestly) name: “McGinnisville” – Today’s Pitcairn.

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Robert Pitcairn (1836-1909)

c.1885

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When it became apparent that the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Pittsburgh Yards at 28th Street were much too small to accommodate the large number of trains expected for expanded operations, Robert Pitcairn, Superintendent of the Railroad’s Pittsburgh Division, began to look for more open space to relocate the Pittsburgh yard. In 1874, he ordered the purchase of 215 acres of land in the Turtle Creek Valley. The new rail yards would grow into a sprawling works; the yard, and the surrounding town, would come to bear his name.

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Reed’s Hall

c.1890

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In the 1890s Reed’s Hall contained an insurance office and loan company where applicants could secure small loans. Reed’s also was used for community and religious meetings; in 1900 a small group of Baptists met there to form the First Baptist Church of Pitcairn.

Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.; Real estate business--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.; Reed family.; Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.

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Salyard’s Hardware

c.1890

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Salyard’s Hardware originated in 1898 at its first location on Brinton Avenue, then Pitcairn’s business district. In 1910 it moved to its location at 526 Broadway where, for many years, it was a familiar landmark.

Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.; Hardware stores--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.; Salyard family.; Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.

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Wall Avenue/Pitcairn Road

c.1890

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View of Wall Avenue/Pitcairn Road, looking north, at the turn of the 20th century.

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Shop Meeting of the YMCA’s Pennsylvania Railroad Dept.

c.1890

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A noontime shop meeting of the YMCA’s Pennsylvania Railroad Department at Pitcairn in the early 1890s.

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Fitzsimmons' Horseshoeing and Blacksmith Shop

c.1900

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Fitzsimmons' Horseshoeing and Blacksmith Shop was located at the corner Wall Avenue and Wood street. Pictured at the right is Ed S. Guy, a well-known teamster, hauler and mover, whose horses and wagon were a familiar site in the streets of Pitcairn. During World War I he switched from horse to motor power, sold three teams of horses and bought his first truck.

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Hoehl’s Jewelry Store

c.1900

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In the early 1900s, Hoehl’s at its prominent corner location, was becoming the village social center.

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Early Trolley Approaching Wall Avenue along Broadway

c.1900

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The Borough Council granted a trolley franchise in 1901. Pictured here is a small single-track car typical of those in serviced in the early 1900s. In the foreground a horse and buggy is parked at the curb by Toohill Brother’s Men's Furnishings on the left at the corner of Wall Avenue.

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Pitcairn’s Broadway

c.1900

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View of Pitcairn’s Broadway in the horse-and-buggy era, c. 1900.

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Broadway, Pitcairn's “Main Street”

c.1900

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View of Broadway, Pitcairn's “Main Street”.

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J. F. Courson, General Foreman, Pitcairn Shops

c.1900

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Mr. Courson lived on Third Street in Pitcairn and took an active interest in the welfare of the Borough, helping to establish community facilities like playgrounds and baseball fields, and to sponsor sports teams and events. He also served on the Borough Council.

Courson, J. F.; Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.

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Junior Order of American Mechanics Band

1894

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The Pennsylvania Railroad sponsored a number of community organizations such as sports teams, and bands. This picture shows the Junior Order of American Mechanics Band in 1894, C. D. L. Anderson, leader.

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YMCA’s Pennsylvania Railroad Dept .

1894

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In 1892 the YMCA began prayer meetings at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Pitcairn Yards; from these beginnings the YMCA’s Pennsylvania Railroad Department was formed in Pitcairn. In 1894 the Pennsylvania Railroad donated two passenger coaches which had been part of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train (Nos. 2733 and 2612). They were then fitted out to be used as meeting rooms for the YMCA.

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YMCA Revival Tent

1897

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First used in 1897, touring evangelists used this tent to deliver their messages. The well-known evangelist Billy Sunday preached at this tent in Pitcairn in July 1897.

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“Class of 1898”

1898

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Shown here is Pitcairn High School’s first class of graduates, the “Class of 1898”, with Professor E. H. Knoch, Principal, seated in the front row center.

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Early Post Office on Highland Avenue at Third Street

c.1910

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An early post office is shown on Highland Avenue at Third Street, next door to Koch Bakery. Charles Koch was the postmaster, and his daughters, Annie, Mamie and Mollie, worked in the post office. Across the street is the early United Presbyterian Church, built in 1895.

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James and Alfred Pearce and Bill Jones

c.1910

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James and Alfred Pearce and Bill Jones were the owners of the Pearce and Jones’ Furniture store, a fixture on Broadway for many years. In time, another member of the Pearce family, Thomas, would later go on to found the Pearce Funeral Home on Wall Avenue.

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James and Alfred Pearce and Bill Jones

c.1910

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James and Alfred Pearce and Bill Jones were the owners of the Pearce and Jones’ Furniture store, a fixture on Broadway for many years. In time, another member of the Pearce family, Thomas, would later go on to found the Pearce Funeral Home on Wall Avenue.

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Delivery Wagon of the Pearce and Jones Furniture Store

c.1910

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Two of Mr. Pearce’s sons, James and Thomas, are driving the horses pulling the delivery wagon of the Pearce and Jones Furniture Store.

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Fred H. Shiffler’s Grocery Store and His Wife’s Millinery Shop at 534 Broadway, 1908

c.1910

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Pictured with Fred are (left to right): his niece, Elsie, his daughter Gladys, and wife, Etta. Fred came to Pitcairn before the turn of the century; the family lived on Sixth street.

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Borough Building

c.1910

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This building located on Center Avenue was completed in 1902 and served as the municipal offices through 1979. The picture shows the former police station on the left and the original World war I Memorial on the right with a prototype of the World War II memorial in front of the building.

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W. A. Adams Riding Proudly Down Broadway

c.1910

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Broadway was the place “to be seen,” as in this photo of W. A. Adams riding proudly down Broadway in Pitcairn’s very first automobile.

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Sixth Street, Looking South from School Building

c.1910

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In the early days of the twentieth century, the quiet tree-lined side streets, like Sixth Street pictured here, made Pitcairn a great place to raise a family.

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Second Street, Residential Section

c.1910

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The sparse automobile traffic of early times meant that children could be sent out to play in the brick-paved streets, as is seen in this photograph of Second Street. Note the hand pump in the front left of the picture.

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Pitcairn Relief Fire Company No. 2

c.1910

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Pitcairn Relief Fire Company No. 2 was organized in 1896, and the latest fire-fighting apparatus, a horse-drawn hook and ladder truck was purchased in 1902. Over the years Pitcairn’s Hose Company No. 2 provided faithful service to the community, and proudly participated in many community events and parades like this 4th of July parade in Wilmerding.

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Community Picnics

c.1910

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Community picnics were frequently held in the early days of the 20th century, like this Sunday School picnic near Wall Avenue.

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Sugar Creek

c.1910

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The Sugar Creek cove was a popular place for family picnics long before it became one the Borough’s official parks in a land annexation from Monroeville in 1982.

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Dallas Foster “Dook” Salyard

c.1910

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Dallas Foster “Dook” Salyard sits in his car in front of Salyard’s Hardware Store on Broadway in Pitcairn.

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Presbyterian Church of Pitcairn at Third Street and Wall Avenue

c.1910

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A community’s religious pride is often reflected in its churches. To build a house of worship required sacrifices and donations from all the dedicated parishioners who saw their aspirations take shape in wood and bricks and stone. This picture shows the original Presbyterian Church of Pitcairn built in 1893 at the corner of Third Street and Wall Avenue.

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Public School No. 2 on Agatha Street

c.1910

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Within ten years after the completion of School Building No. 1 in 1896, it became apparent that the growing community would need more school space, and in 1906 Public School No. 2 was built. This 3-story, red-brick structure was razed in1962 when modernization costs proved prohibitive. The site would later become a playground.

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Floats Being Readied on the Ball Field

c.1910

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Floats are being readied on the ball field for a pageant celebrating Pitcairn.

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First Graduating Class of the Pitcairn High School

1903

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Seven students graduated in the 1903 Class of the Pitcairn High School. The Principal, Professor Bell, is shown in the back row on the far right.

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1904 Pitcairn Athletic Club

1904

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The 1904 Pitcairn Athletic Club, the first organized football team to play on the new Broadway field, antedated the Mohawks by two years and the Quakers by five years. They took to the field under coach Orion Mickey and chalked up 7 wins to 3 loses in their first season.

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Gail Shiffler Riding the Family Horse

1905

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Long before railroads and automobiles the faithful horse was man’s companion on the journey of life. Here Gail Shiffler is seen riding the family horse on Broadway in 1905. The Shifflers were a prominent Pitcairn family who for many years owned a store on Broadway.

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Pitcairn Hose Company No. 1 in 1906

1906

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The original quarters of Hose Company No. 1 were in what was then known as the old freight station on Broadway. The equipment was a hand-drawn hose reel which was procured from the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.

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Sunday School Picnic near Wall Avenue

1907

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Sunday school picnic near Wall Avenue in 1907

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4th of July Parade

1909

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Pearce’s Furniture Store brought their horses and wagons to participate in the 4th of July parade in 1909.

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Pitcairn Police Department

1909

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One of the first acts of the Borough Council was an ordinance designed to get rid of undesirables, “peddlers and fakers,” so the borough needed a police force. J. E. Maguire became the town’s first officer, assisted by J. H. Newlin. They got paid by the number of arrests they made. They also collected fines when returning stray cattle to their owners.

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Chadderton Family Outing

1909

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Pictured here in 1909 are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Chadderton, seated in a spring wagon with their 4-year-old son, later Borough Councilman Kenneth Chadderton. The scene is McMaster’s Grove, one of Paton Township’s most popular spots for family outings, and today (2010) the site of the Miracle Mile Shopping Center.

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Foster and Frances Salyard

c.1919

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Photo of Foster and Frances Salyard, circa 1919.

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Cole Auto on Tour

1910

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The building shown here on Wall Avenue at Second Street was built by John McGinnis. Around the turn of the century, it was occupied by Chadderton’s car dealership and auto repair shop. Ernest and Maude Chadderton had operated a successful Nickelodeon showing movies on Broadway, and in 1911 they went on to establish an Overland & Willy-Knight Agency. Pictured is the arrival of an elegant Cole Touring Car in the early 1900s.

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Pitcairn’s First Reformed Church in 1910

1910

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Church buildings often began as simple structures growing in time to accommodate the growth in membership and increasing affluence of the congregations.

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The McGinnis Homestead

c.1920

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Built by John C. McGinnis in 1899, the house at 318 Wall Avenue became a well-known local landmark. With the advent of television in 1952, a cable was installed from an antenna on a hill overlooking the town to the McGinnis house which was then opened to the public so they might witness the miracle of improved television reception.

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World War I Cannon

c.1920

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Through the efforts of Congressman Clyde Kelly, a World War I cannon was presented to the town in 1920. The cannon was placed in front of the Center Avenue Borough Building where it remained for 22 years before being donated for a salvage drive during World War II.

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Jack R. Toothman (1919-1977)

c.1920

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Jack R. Toothman (1919-1977) joined the Navy the day after Pearl Harbor and served four years in the Atlantic and in the Pacific. At the end of World War II, he joined the Army, 1st Division, 8th Calvary. He went on to serve a tour in Korea and two tours in Vietnam. He was one of Pitcairn’s most highly decorated veterans.

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Pitcairn High School

c.1920

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View of Pitcairn High School, circa 1920.

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Agatha Street Showing the Two Schools

c.1920

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View of Agatha Street showing the two schools: Pitcairn High School on left and Public School No. 2 on right.

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“Walurba”

c.1920

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The Pennsylvania Railroad’s station at Pitcairn was originally named “Walurba,” after the name of the village, but in 1897 the railroad changed the name of the station at the request of the Pitcairn Borough Council, even though the depot was actually located outside the Borough’s limits. All train schedules had to be changed to reflect the new name.

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