THIS IS PITTSBURGH AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, WE LIVE HERE......WE LIKE IT!

Josie Carey Marty Wolfson

Regional Industrial Development Corporation, 1963

Volume in brossura, dimensioni 22x29,6 cm. - 80 pagine illustrate in bicromia

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Una rara guida illustrata in bicromia realizzata per promuovere la città di Pittsburgh e caratterizzata da uno spirito ottimistico e da una deliziosa grafica tipici della prima metà degli anni ‘60. Unica copia in commercio in assoluto, in ottime condizioni.

This is Pittsburgh is an 80-page, large-format, softcover book . Partly an illustrated encyclopedia of the region and partly an advertisement for relocating to Pittsburgh, the book's subtitle ("We Live Here ... We Like It!") hints that its aim was to dispel the 1950s "Smoky City" stereotype that plagues southwestern Pennsylvania to this day. 

The book credits Josie Carey with the text and Marty Wolfson with the illustrations (both pioneers of television journalism for local networks).

This is Pittsburgh combines stories of the region’s history and folklore with sections that brag about Pittsburgh’s cultural attractions and the development of the Golden Triangle: with its unbridled Kennedy-era optimism the book makes a nice time capsule of the 1960s in the Pittsburgh area.