Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Good as New in Mission Hills

265 Orchard Drive

The front of this house in Mission Hills has changed very little since it was new. It was sold in 1930, probably when it was newly built, and the Sun-Telly printed its picture.

“Mission Hills Home,” Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, June 1, 1930, p. 48

Forgive the blurry microfilm reproduction of what was already a photograph reproduced in halftone on cheap newsprint;(1) it is enough to show us that, except for the filled-in side porch, not much is different in front, although the tiny sapling in the newspaper picture is a major tree now. There appears to be an addition in the back, where it does not alter the impression the house makes from the street.

265 Orchard Drive
Kodak EasyShare Z1285; Fujifilm FinePix HS10.

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