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Carnegie Library of Homestead – Homestead Newspaper Collection 1881-1979
Subjects: Local Newspapers
Institutions: Carnegie Library of Homestead
Time Periods: 1878-1900 Industrial Revolution, 1901-1928 Progressive Era, 1929-1945 Great Depression and World War II, 1946-1991 Cold War
The Homestead Newspaper Collection consists of scanned microfilm of various newspapers from the Steel Valley between 1881 and 1979. Titles included are: The Local News, The Homestead Times, The Mirror, The Homestead Eagle, The Daily Messenger, Penny Shaver, The Messenger, and The New Daily Messenger. These papers circulated in Homestead, Munhall, Whitaker, Mifflin Township, Six Mile Ferry, Hays Township, Brown’s Station, and Squirrel Hill in the city of Pittsburgh.