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Industry in Art: Pittsburgh, 1812 to 1920. By Rina C. Youngner. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. viii, 188 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)
      In May 1903, Harper's Weekly presented the nation with a quintessential view of Pittsburgh: "The spectator will observe here and there the reflections of enormous furnace fires casting their gleam upon the sky. It seems as if half a dozen conflagrations were raging about the town." Rina Youngner would note that such evocative material had a long history by 1903. Youngner examines "image makers" and their depictions of the city's startling and stirring sights. In their pursuit of profit, ornament, or a vision of truth, artists portrayed urban flux for local and national consumption. . . .
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