April 2, 2026 12:00 PM –1:00 PM
Lunch Pail Lecture: The Pittsburgh Survey
Join Jennie Benford, Local History Librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, for a close look at The Pittsburgh Survey, a 1906 sociological study that exposed living and working conditions for the working class.
Funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and conducted over the course of one year, The Pittsburgh Survey was the first intensive, multifaceted sociological study of an industrial American city. The resulting six volumes of findings laid bare the city's social ills and created an unprecedented record of a city transformed by industry and immigration. Learn how photographer Lewis Hine, ACLU co-founder Crystal Eastman, and other progressive activists worked together on the Pittsburgh Survey, and hear some of the more surprising stories captured by their work.
Advance registration encouraged; walk-up tickets can be purchased in the Grable Visitor Center while space is available. Registration does not include exhibition admission to Lewis Hine Pictures America.
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