YMCA Dedication | Digital Pitt

August 9, 1918

Order Reproduction
Title
YMCA Dedication
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
August 9, 1918
Identifier
ARBA02.UA
Description
Several guests join University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees President George H. Clapp (on platform) for the Y.M.C.A. Hospitality House dedication exercises. Beginning on April 11, 1918, the University instituted a training program for automobile and gas engine mechanics. Seven barracks that could house 1,000, a mess hall that could seat 2,000, an administrative building and the Y.M.C.A. Hospitality House were built on the hill above O'Hara Street. Within six months, 2,200 men were being trained.
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
photographic prints
gelatin silver prints
Subject
Dedication services
Men
World War, 1914-1918
Buildings--Design and construction
Clapp, George Hubbard
YMCA of the USA
University of Pittsburgh
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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