Ms. Charlotte Egleston:
Homestead


Thumbnail: Homestead Works, 1953 (detail). Homestead Works, 1953


For Further Reading: 1930-1983

* "[Secretary of Labor] Davis Speaks at Homestead Golden Fete:

Says Community Is Doing More Than Celebrating:
Other Leaders Attend:
Banquet Opens Jubilee Exercises Being Held by Borough."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 14 October 1930.

* "Your Neighbors:

Two Farms Once Occupied Site of Homestead Borough."
Kay Ryall.
The Pittsburgh Press, 13 November 1932.

* "Good Times Back in Homestead After Lean Years:

People Again Eating Cake As Prosperity Returns to District:
Bakery Head Reports Biggest Business in Years;
Other Borough Industries Aided by Swelling Payrolls."
Ray Sprigle.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 January 1941.

* "Let's Visit 2000 Families Living on Borrowed Time:

Wrecking Crews Soon Will Clear Out Homes,
Gardens And Bars Near High Level Bridge."
Gilbert Love.
The Pittsburgh Press, 27 July 1941.

* "Like Longfellow's Acadians--

9000 Uprooted for Mill Seek New Homes, New Life:
Homestead and Duquesne Residents Banished from Households
And Towns to Wander About in Search of Place to Lay Their Heads."
Gilbert Love.
The Pittsburgh Press, 10 August 1941.

* "Homestead Razing Forces Churches into New Quarters:

Their Work Will Continue, But Clubs And Societies
Whose Buildings Must Go Are Undecided About the Future
As Members Move Away."
Gilbert Love.
The Pittsburgh Press, 13 August 1941.

* "Roar of Steel Mills Is Song of God of Romance

To Young Men And Young Women of Homestead:
Boom Means Lads Who Work Over Furnaces And Machines
Have Cash in Pockets, Can Do Anything in Style."
Anna Jane Phillips.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13 August 1941.

* "Monument to Be Dedicated by SWOC."

[Steel Workers Organizing Committee.]
The Pittsburgh Press, 29 August 1941.

* "Homestead Looks to the Future."

The Pittsburgh Press, 13 October 1946, 14-15 (Magazine).

* "Entire District 'Awakening'--

Homestead, 'Which Grew Like Topsy,'
Now Is Dreaming of Primping Up:
Painter's Lipstick, Architect's Rouge Shine for New 'Make-Up.'"
John Troan.
The Pittsburgh Press, 26 March 1947, 21.

* "Stage Protest Demonstration in Homestead."

Gene Reid.
Pittsburgh Courier, 29 June 1974, 9.

* "City Farm Lane Has Been Taking a Bad Rap,

So a Late-Blooming Pitt Coed Who Was Born There Is...
Taking the Pulse of 'Mean Street.'"
Margie Carlin.
The Pittsburgh Press, 18 January 1976, 4+ (Sunday).

* "Seminar Emphasizes Cure for Economic Problems."

Jerry Sharpe
The Pittsburgh Press, 7 October 1976, 16.

* "Homestead Face-Lift Plan Is Kicked Off Tomorrow."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 19 April 1979, 16.

* "Homestead: Duckling to Swan." [Editorial.]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 April 1979, 6.

* "Marker Honors Steel Industry."

Marcia Bennett.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 14 May 1981.

* "Politics Divide Homestead:

Bitterness, Apathy Grow While Mon Valley Community Stagnates."
Ron Suber.
Pittsburgh Courier, 26 November 1983, A1, A3.




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