steelworkers at the russian boarding house, homestead, 1907-1908 photograph by Lewis HineSubmitted by Yinzerman1992 t3_ygjw7o in pittsburgh
Elouiseotter t1_iu95p9d wrote
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Did it give an address for the boarding house?
SWPenn t1_iuaczln wrote
The boarding house was likely in "the ward," which was the neighborhood below the tracks. Most immigrants, mostly single men, lived there. The ward was torn down and 8,000 people displaced beginning in 1941 when US Steel expanded the mill to meet wartime production goals. If you go to a movie or shop at the Waterfront, you're in the ward.
Yinzerman1992 OP t1_iu98onn wrote
Unfortunately no
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