The Pittsburgh Steelers are the oldest franchise in the American Football Conference. They were first established in 1933, under the guise of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Entering 1940, Pittsburgh owner ...

It was 1944, and workers at the Penola grease plant, on the edge of Pittsburgh’s Strip District, might not have known who Gordon Parks was. But the young Black photographer was about to capture them ...

A baby sitting in the dirty kitchen of a steel worker's family in Pittsburgh. A steel worker's family in their kitchen in Pittsburgh. A little girl drinking water in a the dirty kitchen of a steel ...

The 1940 Census will be released in detail on Tuesday, the first time that the full enumeration of the United States population will be unveiled after 72 years of confidentiality Next week, the ...

Playhouse Jr., Point Park University's family theatre company, continues its 2015-2016 season with a holiday production of A 1940S RADIO CHRISTMAS CAROL. Directed by Nancy Bach, A 1940S RADIO ...

Even as it has largely moved on from the heyday of the industry, Pittsburgh — thanks in part to its football team — retains its link to the glory days of American steel. In LIFE’s vast archives of ...