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Yinzerman1992 OP t1_iuhl964 wrote

Yinz have a good Halloween!

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kieraey t1_iuhottq wrote

Thanks for posting! "Teenie" Harris photos are so important to PGH history. Love to see new (edit: to me) ones.

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liquidben t1_iuhycde wrote

Whoa, Dracula looks like he's being played by a baby Jordan Peele

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teacamelpyramid t1_iuicmgp wrote

What are the odds that someone has a grandparent in this photo? The kids would be in their mid 70s.

I absolutely love Teenie Harris’s slice of life photos. Such a precious Time Capsule of our city.

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Yelloeisok t1_iuhq6sb wrote

The officer on the left doesn’t look like he is in the mood for shenanigans. Edit : thanks for the photo. A great little piece of history.

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Vanspoke2016 t1_iuhtuqi wrote

That's the "I saw you and your brother switch masks for more candy" look.

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groundhogcow t1_iuj1oa9 wrote

Wish I knew more about what was popular at the time. I can't tell most of these kids' costumes.

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GJThreads t1_iuj9mvd wrote

Dracula kid looks suave AF. Killin it.

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themardbard t1_iuhxxai wrote

Who is that second kid from the left dressed as, because he's rocking it

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Beesindogwood t1_iukbmgc wrote

I love the little one on the right's smile! Lights up the screen!

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keishathekat t1_iui7l9o wrote

This is in 1954, they didn't have color photos back then? --

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chartreuse6 t1_iuic433 wrote

They did but some photographers chose to use black and white. Color was more expensive too

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cthulhu_on_my_lawn t1_iuifq3a wrote

It's much easier to produce a sharp image in black and white than color, especially working with available light. Also Harris was a press photographer and the pictures would have been printed in black and white.

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realManTing t1_iuhrku0 wrote

CMOA took teenie’s artwork without his permission. Not to mention putting i behind the white CMOA paywall. Place is garbage.

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Yinzerman1992 OP t1_iuhtdnp wrote

I'm sorry you feel that way, Unfortunately I believe that is simply not true. The entire collection is available for free and can be seen here. (Link) No paywall at all.

In addition, several family members have messaged me and commented on prior posts stating that they enjoy the uploads. The reason I upload these photos along with others about Pittsburgh History, is the large volume of photographs. There are close to 100,000 individual pieces in the archives available for people to see. I have fun posting the pictures as they are our history.

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realManTing t1_iui8zpi wrote

Looking at something online is different than in person. You ever seen a rothko online?

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rivershimmer t1_iuj5l1q wrote

> Looking at something online is different than in person.

Are you under the impression that you could wander in somewhere and look at all these photographs in person prior to CMOA purchasing the collection?

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rivershimmer t1_iuhynfg wrote

> CMOA took teenie’s artwork without his permission.

Obviously, because they purchased the collection from his estate after his death. Dead men cannot give permission.

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