Schenley Hotel Ballroom

January 9, 1901

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Title
Schenley Hotel Ballroom
Creator
Johnston, R. W.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
January 9, 1901
Identifier
WMPU28.UA
Description
A gathering of 89 Carnegie Company officials. The plate description reads, " The Schenley Hotel ballroom, the night of Jan. 9, 1901, was a mass of roses, carnations, ferns, palm teres. Behind a fern bank, an orchestra played. Around the table in the form of a T-rail, end section, sat 89 officials of Carnegie companies, most millionaires. Among them: Charles I. Taylor, Judge James H. Reed, Charles M. Schwab, Lawrence C. Phillsp, William singer, Alva Dinkey, Alexander Peacock, S. L. Schoonmaker, Daniel Clemson, Wilam E. Corey, Thomas Morrison. The guest of honor, Andrew Carnegie was detained in New York. But to send fond greetings to "my boys" predicting that ". . . the firm's future is to eclipse its past." For the picture, R. W. Johnston used "blow lamp" flash powder that lighted up the room for five seconds then filled it with clouds smoke. This was a forerunner of instant lighting."
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Geographic Subjects
Oakland
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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