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Lawrenceville: Stephen Collins Foster


CAPTION: Stephen Collins Foster.  
NOTES: Automobile tycoon Henry Ford claimed
Stephen Foster's home was located at 
3414 Penn Avenue, bought it 
and had it carted off to Michigan. Pittsburghers, 
on the other hand, claim
3600 Penn Avenue as Foster's birthplace.  
It is still there. 
HEADING: Pittsburgh. Portraits. Foster, Stephen.  
From the Collections of the Pennsylvania Department,
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
Lorant Collection.

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