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Old 09-11-2007, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Yes, the coal furnaces added greatly to the pollution of the day. Good idea about the kitchen, Tallysmom!
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Old 09-11-2007, 05:15 PM
 
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Yes, the coal furnaces added greatly to the pollution of the day. Good idea about the kitchen, Tallysmom!
Just don't come to my house and expect it to be clean.... after doing that all day at work I sure as heck don't want to do it at home....
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Old 09-15-2007, 01:32 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Here is a picture of downtown Pittsburgh in the 1940s. It was taken at 10:55am. It's really disgusting to realize exactly how polluted the air here was.
Note the buildings and cars with lights on in the middle of the day. Enjoy!

Full record for Smoke Control Lantern Slides (ASC): SCLS003

For more historic Pittsburgh pictures, look here:
D-Scribe Digital Publishing, Image Collections (http://www.library.pitt.edu/articles/digpubtype/images.html - broken link)
Unbelievable that picture. Makes me really appreciate modern advances and viewing the city today, how far Pittsburgh has come.
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