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.

Last updated: 8 June 1999.