Posts in A People's History of Pittsburgh
1922
Pittsburgh
My wife's paternal grandparents, Frank and Mary Vukela. They lived on Josephine Street in the Sou...
1957
Carrick, Poplargrove Street
My wife's late father, Joe Vukela (right)and a friend putting in a new sidewalk in front of his h...
1948
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My parents, Helen and Michael Suley in 1948. They are with my sisters Karen and Elaine in our bac...
1930s
Hazelwood
My wife's uncle, John Hydeck, is painting the finishing touches on the sign outside of Hydeck Caf...
1956, Christmas
Carrick
My wife with the first land line phone she ever owned. She was only one year old at the time. It ...
1955
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother loved to take pictures of us when we were young. On this day she made us line up and po...
1958
Carrick
My wife, Mary, in her backyard on Poplargrove Street in Carrick in the summer of 1958.She grew up...
1988
South Park
My wife between two of our friends, Monica and Chuck. I remember the carving on the shelter, "Jim...
1979
Mount Lebanon
The Disco era came to Pittsburgh in the late 70s. Although I hate to admit it, I became part of i...
May, 2015
Baldwin Township
My son and I went to the park with my granddaughter and great-nephew. As we walked up the trail t...
1993
Kennywood Park
My son was not tall enough to ride the Jack Rabbit. He climbed the fence and said, "Can I ride it...
Late 1920s
Hazelwood
My wife's Aunt Ann and Uncle John Hydeck owned businesses in Hazelwood for over 50 years. The pho...
2005
PNC Park, North Shore
My son, Michael and his friend Sean have the best seats in the house. We always enjoyed the games...
2011
Downtown, Pittsburgh
Downtown became the set of the last installment of the Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises."
August 12, 1990
Gateway Clipper, Allegheny River
On our way to a Pirate game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1990. My son, Michael, is enjoying a Coke ...
1973
Carrick
My wife with her parents on her graduation day in 1973. Mary attended Carrick High School and liv...
1995
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
My son and I have attended many Pirate games over the years.In the late innings we would end up s...
1990
Right Field -Three Rivers Stadium
Our group played softball games back in those days. Roberto Clemente is revered by Pittsburgh fan...
February, 1979
Market Square, Downtown
The Lombardi Trophy is hoisted about the Market Square crowd after the Steelers won their third S...
1945
Josephine Street, South Side Slopes
My wife's father, Joe, in front of his parent's home on Josephine Street with his father and brot...
1994
Gateway Clipper
The All-Star game came to Three Rivers Stadium in 1994. All of baseball's mascots were part of a ...
1942
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
My wife's father, PFC Joe Vukela, at the age of twenty. The photo was taken shortly before he ser...
Summer, 2014
Conneaut Lake, Pa.
It was a rainy afternoon and my son and his family got out of the car to look at the barn up clos...
1972
Carrick
My wife, Mary was 17 years old when she was a member of the rifle squad at Carrick High School.
1958
Pittsburgh
My wife Mary was three years old when she had lunch at her grandmother's house.
1992
Point State Park, Pittsburgh
My three year-old son, Michael Joseph, and I are watching the boats on the Allegheny River. Do yo...
1971
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A large holiday gathering of my wife's family in 1971.She is in the center of the photo in the re...
1964
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Penn Hills
I remember going to the cemetery with my mother and grandmother to the grave of my grandfather, J...
January 21, 1979
Super Bowl XIII, Miami
I have told this story a thousand times. I was 29 years old when I went a Super Bowl. My seat was...
December, 2005
The Great Hall, Heinz Field
Jerome Bettis was playing his last season with the Steelers. My son, Michael, is wearing the Ward...
February 10, 2001
Pittsburgh, Pa.
This is my eleven year-old son, Michael Joseph, the day before the Three Rivers Stadium implosion...
1950
Pittsburgh
My wife's father, Joe. He worked in the steel mills and was part of Pittsburgh's tough working cl...
1973
Baldwin
My beautiful sister, Judy (in purple) with her friend Audrey in 1973. Judy died from a brain tumo...
1944
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother-in-law, Frances Skalniak, was seventeen when her high school photo was taken.
2013
Point State Park, Pittsburgh
Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck was seen by thousands when it visited Pittsburgh in 2013.They sol...
2011
It was a thrill for my family to meet Chuck Noll in 2011.He is signing my Terrible Towel from Sup...
2013
West End Overlook
My son, Michael and his partner, Laura. That beautiful view of our city is the attraction at the ...
Pittsburgh
Four Great-Great Grandmothers from the Pittsburgh area. Using new technology on old photos we can...
1936
Statue of Liberty, New York
My, mother, Helen Barone Suley, with her Italian relatives in front of the Statue of Liberty in 1...
2010
Consol Energy Center
I was on a committee for the International Association of Assessing Officers. In 2010, I was aske...
January 21, 1979
Super Bowl XIII, Miami
Double exposure from Super Bowl XIII. We had excellent seats a few rows back in the end zone. I h...
1993
Kennywood Park
The joy of the Whip in Kiddieland at Kennywood. Michael was four years old at the time.
October, 2014
Linesville, Pennsylvania
Our family has some property near Pymatuning Lake about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. Early one ...
2010
McKeesport Palisades
Terry Lee was one of the most popular disc jockeys in Pittsburgh history. He created the "TL Soun...
1924
South Side
My wife's paternal grandmother Mary Vukela. She is with her sons (l-r), Joe and John and daughter...
1971
Pittsburgh Zoo
My brother, Ron Suley, took my nieces to the zoo in December, 1971. Left to right are Lisa, Renee...
July, 1994
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
35,000 people attended the largest world premiere of a movie in Pittsburgh. The movie wasn't film...
December 26, 2014
Wholey's Fish Market, Strip District
It was the day after Christmas, 2014 at Wholey's Fish Market in the strip district.
1976
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
Neil Young and Stephen Stills jam at the Civic Arena in 1976. My ears were ringing for a couple o...
2006
Allegheny County Courthouse, Downtown
The late mayor of Pittsburgh, Bob O'Connor at a Steeler Rally a couple of weeks after he was swor...
1994
Mount Lebanon
My son and his cousins playing peek-a-boo.
December, 2012
Heinz History Center
My son and I at the 40th anniversary event of the Immaculate Reception at the Heinz History Cente...
1988
Three Rivers Regatta
Our company was a co-sponsor of the popular Sternwheeler Race. This was taken before we boarded. ...
2013
Point State Park, Pittsburgh
Just Ducky.
1951
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My three older sisters, Karen, Judy and Elaine Suley in 1951.
1962
Emsworth
My sister Karen was a resident of the Holy Family Institute in the early 60s. This photo was take...
2009
The Wall, Oakland
All that remains of Forbes Field is the center field section in Oakland. Each year, on October 13...
2009
Downtown, Pittsburgh
The Stanley Cup Victory parade turns onto the Blvd of the Allies from Grant Street. The Pens won ...
February, 2008
City-County Building, Grant treet
The Steeler Nation mourned the death of its beloved broadcaster, Myron Cope. I took this photo at...
1959
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
My two brothers and I are riding the Little Dipper in the summer of 1959. I took my two year-old ...
1938
Hazelwood
My mother-in-law, Frances, with her mother in 1938. The photo was taken in their backyard. They l...
2009
Allegheny County Courthouse Courtyard, Downtown
One of the coolest things about living in Pittsburgh is the increase of movie productions over th...
1966
Pittsburgh
This prom photo was taken of my friend, Jim Augustine in May, 1966. Jim drowned a month later at ...
1990
Point State Park, Pittsburgh
Young Michael and I in front of the Fort Pitt Block House.
1998
Mount Lebanon
My son says the Willie was his best Christmas gift of all time.
1959
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My wife, Mary was four years old when she went to see Santa at the Joseph Horne Co. downtown.
2013
Conneaut Lake, Pa.
The first time Bella had corn on the cob.
2006
Mt. Lebanon
Band on the Run
1959
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
My brothers and I enjoyed riding horses at Conneaut Lake Park in 1959.
2005
Oakland
The boys at the Pete.
December, 1955
G.C. Murphy Co., Downtown Pittsburgh
My brothers, Don and Ron, and I met the big guy at Murphy's in 1955. I was six years old and I re...
1942
My wife's father (right) with a friend in 1942 before he left to serve in the Philippines in Worl...
1942
The soldier on the left is my wife's father, Private Joe Vukela. He served in the Philippines dur...
1918
Scotch Bottom, Pittsburgh
My mother-in-law wasn't born yet, but this is a photo of her siblings. They grew up in Hazelwood....
1962
North Park
Watermelon with my sister, brother-in-law and their two girls. The McKee and Suley brothers are s...
2010
North Shore
The dedication of the Mazeroski statue was well attended by former Pirate players and the public....
1944
Josephine Street, South Side Slopes
My wife's father, Joseph, on the left with his father and brother.
September, 1946
Hazelwood
My wife's mother, Frances, on 13 Rutherglen Street in Scotch Bottom (Hazelwood).
December, 1976
Brookline
This was taken the day before we left for New Orleans to see Pitt play in the Sugar Bowl. The Pit...
1974
Brookline
In my home in Brookline with my Sheltie, Pokey. We were enjoying the big screen TV (25 inch) with...
2006
Mount Lebanon High School Auditorium
Michael and his band performing at the holiday show during his senior year at Mt. Lebanon High Sc...
1965
Burke Glen Park, Monroeville
The Barone and Giordano families would meet at the former Burke Glen Park in the 1960s. I remembe...
1959
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
My brother at Conneaut Lake Park in 1959.
1959
Wilkinsburg
Christmas Day, 1959.
1966
Edgewood
I wore a suit when I performed with my rock band in 1966. Well,I was just seventeen and you know ...
2006
Washington Road, Mount Lebanon
An outdoor concert by my son's rock band.
Late 1940s
South Side
My wife's parents enjoying a meal with his mother, Mary. Her uncle and aunt are standing in the b...
1992
Dormont Pool
The Dormont Pool is one of the largest pools in Pennsylvania.It was named as a Historic Landmark ...
June 14,1944
Homewood
My maternal grandparents, John and Rachel Barone, on June 15, 1944.
1983
Three Rivers Regatta
My wife is enjoying a Coke before the "Anything That Floats" race. Her team put 380 water bottles...
2013
Point State Park Fountain
Bella and Laura take a break after seeing the duck.
1992
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
My son was three years old when we went to the circus. After the show the kids were allowed to ri...
1992
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
We are probably the last to leave the circus at the civic Arena in 1992. The bunting is up becaus...
1960
Carrick
My wife is playing with her dolls in the kitchen. She was five years old.
1999
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon little League
1949
Homewood
My mother holding me shortly after I was born. My sisters look on.
1993
Kennywood Park
My son is getting driving lessons from mom.
1967
Edgewood Club, Edgewood
Rockin' the night away with my band in 1967.
1952
Upland Street, Homewood
My sister Karen received her first holy communion at Holy Rosary Church in 1952. My twin brothers...
1986
Beatles Convention, Shadyside
Mary and I holding the only guitar signed by all four Beatles. We met Tony Saks at this show. He ...
1966
Central Catholic Dance
2010
Hard Rock Cafe
2005
WQED, Oakland
2013
North Shore
2013
Chalfant
Everyone is a second or third cousin except for the big guy with the beard.
2006
Mount Lebanon High School
Members of the Mt. Lebo class of 2007 with one of their favorite teachers, Ms. Henderson.
1949
Homewood
My parents are the second couple smiling on the left. They were in their mid-30s and seemed to be...
2012
Brookline
My granddaughter's first Halloween with family.
2013
Pymatuning Lake, Pa.
Laura and Bella keep the fire burning.
1890s
Italy
My maternal grandfather, John Barone. He came to America with his family in 1903. This is my gran...
2013
Club Cafe, South Side
My son Michael performing solo at club Cafe in 2013.
1968
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
Richard Nixon addresses the crowd a week before the 1968 presidential election.
1968
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
We saw Richard Nixon at the Civic Arena. At the time, my brother-in-law was working on the Nixon ...
1947
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My Aunt Anna Barone pushing my sister, Karen, on a swing.
1960
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Pittsburgh
My mother (left) and grandmother (far right) with others in front of Our Lady Help of Christians ...
1949
Homewood
My father on the left and my mother (in white) with friends at their home. I was born the same ye...
January 21, 1979
Super Bowl XIII, Miami
One of the biggest sports thrills in my life was attending Super Bowl XIII. The Steelers beat the...
1979
Market Square, Downtown
Pittsburgh Pirate Phil Garner makes his way through the crowd the day after Game 7 of the 1979 Wo...
1988
Three Rivers Regatta
Our franchise, Century 21, was one of the sponsors of the Regatta in 1988. In this photo we procl...
1992
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
My son was three years old when the Pens won their second Stanley Cup.
2012
Mt. Lebanon on July 4, 2012
Making water balloons on a hot Fourth of July.
December, 2006
Mount Lebanon high School
My son's rock band performs at the holiday show at Mt. Lebanon High School before Christmas. He i...
1967
Edgewood
Our 60s rock band also featured Go-go dancers at times.
1995
Kennywood Park
Mascots Freddy the Flame and Kenny the Kangaroo with my son and friends at Equitable Gas day at K...
1947
Homewood
My three older sisters with my parents, Michael and Helen Suley, in 1947.
1939
South Side
My wife's father, Joe, was 17 years old when this photo was taken in 1939. The microphone is an ...
1941
Homewood
My maternal grandfather, John Barone, with my parents on their wedding day in 1941. John was the ...
1949
Homewood
There are very few photos of my parents partying with friends. This one always comes to mind. The...
1941
Homewood
My parents, Michael Suley and Helen Barone Suley on their wedding day in April, 1941.
April 30, 1941
Homewood
My mother on her wedding day. My uncle, Frank Suley was the best man.
1990
Station Square
My wife and son waiting for a horse-drawn carriage ride.
1988
Castle Shannon
My wife and I owned Suley Real Estate on Route 88 in the 80's. We opened the business before we w...
1958
North Braddock, Pennsylvania
My father and my three sisters, Karen, Judy and Elaine. It was the 50th wedding anniversary of my...
1967
S. Trenton Avenue, Wilkinsburg
My mother at my sister's apartment in Wilkinsburg. My sister had four daughters.
1964
Beulah Road, Penn Hills
My mother and I went to visit my grandmother at her home on Beulah Road. I was fifteen years old....
1975
Penn Hills
My sister, Elaine on her wedding day in 1975. My maternal grandmother, Rachel, is on the left and...
2011
Fourth Avenue County Parking Garage
I used to park in the county parking garage. It was in very poor condition and was demolished in ...
August, 2005
Steeler Training Camp. Latrobe
Big Ben to Hines Ward. This was the year that we got one for the thumb in Super Bowl XL. Hines Wa...
July 4, 2013
Mount Lebanon
The Suley family and friends enjoy the 4th in our backyard.
January 6, 1980
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
Mike Webster talking to Terry Bradshaw during the 1979 AFC Championship game at Three Rivers Stad...
Late 1940s
Pittsburgh, Pa.
A Pittsburgh wedding in the late 40s. My wife's Uncle Matt is the groom. Her father, Joe, is the ...
1950s
South Park
A co-ed volleyball game in the mid-1950s. My wife's father is on the left in the white shirt.
July, 1959
Carrick
A makeshift pool satisfies the needs of my wife and others in 1959.
May, 2013
Rex Theater, Carson Street
My son and I have birthdays four days apart. We celebrated in 2013 with Joe Grushecky, Donnie Iri...
May, 1948
Homewood
My mother with her dog in her backyard in Homewood. There are so many pictures from that period w...
2006
Allegheny County Courthouse Courtyard, Downtown
A Steeler Rally before Super Bowl XL.
2011
Heinz Hall Stage
In the 60s I saw the broadway musical "Hair" at the Nixon Theater downtown. In my 60s....I saw Ha...
1979 Steeler Playoff Game
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
I'm probably screaming 'DEE-Fense' during the game. There weren't too many Steeler jerseys in the...
1979
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Steeler great Jack Lambert makes his way through the crowd at training camp.
1969
East End Avenue, Edgewood
My brother, Don shortly before he left to serve in Viet Nam. My mother is holding my nephew, Larry.
1967
Edgewood High School Senior Trip
The Class of 1967 of Edgewood High School went to Niagara Falls, Canada. It was a thrill and a lo...
2000
Mount Lebanon
2013
West End Overlook
Three generations of Pittsburghers. One of my favorite places with my son and granddaughter.
1996
St. Bernard's School, Mount Lebanon
My son (yellow shirt) with his friend, Matt and his first grade teacher, Miss Joyce. The students...
1948
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My father with my sister, Karen.
1959
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
My mother (in black) with her best friend, Tillie, at Conneaut Lake.
1990
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, Downtown
Mary and I enjoyed a fun evening at the Hilton in 1990. We are with actor, Ed Asner and Mayor Sop...
1990
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
We played softball at Three Rivers Stadium. My sister, brother and nephews enjoyed the afternoon ...
1947
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother, Helen Suley, was 32 years old when she had this portrait taken.
1958
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother and my twin brothers during the Christmas holidays.
January 21, 1979
Super Bowl XIII, Miami
This is my favorite photo from Super Bowl XIII. I still have my $30 ticket from the game. This ph...
1967
Harmarville
Our band performed at a club in Harmarville in 1967. I'm singing while our bass player, Andy Conl...
1946
Hazelwood
My wife's parents, Joseph and Frances Vukela, standing at 13 Rutherglen Street in Scotch Bottom (...
1951
Kaufmann's Department Store, Downtown
My mother with my three sisters and two brothers in 1951. The photo is stamped, "Kaufmann's Arcad...
1950
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother loved having photographs of her family. She had three daughters and three sons. This ph...
1941
Josephine Street, South Side Slopes
My wife's paternal grandparents, Frank and Mary Vukela. The younger woman is my wife's Aunt Anna....
January 13, 1990
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, Downtown
When I was being sworn in as President of the 3,800 member local Realtors association, my wife wa...
2007
Mount Lebanon
My son with members of his rock band in high school. This photo was taken in the garage of a band...
1990
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
Outstanding in our Field. My friend from high school, Jim Schafer, took this photo of my wife and...
New Year's Eve, 1966
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Our rock band performed at the B.S.N.I. Club on New Year's Eve in 1966. We enjoyed a drink and ci...
1949
Homewood
My mother sitting next to my sister, Elaine. My mom's brother, John Barone and his wife, Anna, ar...
October 13, 2010
The Forbes Field Wall, Oakland
There is a tiny section of a wall that used to be Forbes Field remaining in Oakland. A large crow...
2009
Fourth Avenue and Ross Street, Downtown
I worked for county government at the time of the G-20 Summit. There were times that we were not ...
1963
Wilkinsburg
This is my father with my nieces, Lori and Judy, a few weeks after the Kennedy assassination. I d...
1966
Edgewood
Our band provided the music on Friday nights in the gym at Edgewood High School.
1999
Gold Room, County Courthouse
The Allegheny County appeals board and its solicitor held public meetings in the courthouse. This...
2013
West End Overlook
My one year-old granddaughter on the run at the West End Overlook.
Summer of 1966
Boathouse at North Park
Our rock and roll band performed in front of the boathouse in the summer of 1966. A young female ...
1966
Pittsburgh, Pa.
We were students at Edgewood High School and we played in a band. There were times we wore suits ...
2004
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
My son Michael looks on as President George W. Bush is about to be introduced by the late U.S. Se...
February, 2006
Downtown, Pittsburgh
The Steelers had just won Super Bowl XL. Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward shakes hands with a fan during...
1973
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
I saw Elvis at the Arena in 1973. I would say the females outnumbered the males 2 to 1. I remembe...
1979
St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa.
Steeler Hall-of-Famer Mike Webster at training camp.
2009
City-County Building, Grant street
Some of my co-workers and I wanted to see the President and First Lady drive by during the G-20 S...
1998
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
My nine year-old son in 1998. We enjoyed the games.
December 31, 1966
B.S.N.I. Club, Pittsburgh
Our rock band, Our Gang, performed at the Beneficial Society of Northern Italy [B.S.N.I.] Club on...
1953
Upland Street, Homewood
My twin brothers, Don and Ron, were only 13 months younger than me. That's me on the left with th...
1966
Edgewood
Our rock band performing at the Edgewood High School Rec Hall dance in 1966.
1990
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, Downtown Pittsburgh
The late Mayor of Pittsburgh, Sophie Masloff and I at a Realtor event in 1990.
January 1, 1977
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
I took this photo just moments after The University of Pittsburgh Panther football team won the 1...
1999
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
"Raw is War" came to Pittsburgh when my son was ten in 1999.He loved wrestling and we were able t...
1979
Market Square, Downtown
Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop, Tim Foli, makes his way through the crowd after the Pirates won the ...
2009
Rivers Casino, North Shore
If you've ever ordered a drink at the Rivers Casino this is how the alcohol is delivered. I toure...
1967
Edgewood Club, Edgewood
Our rock group took a break during a gig in 1967 and someone took a picture of me with our equipm...
1966
Edgewood
Hanging out with the Edgewood gang.
June 25, 1973
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
This was the first time that Elvis played Pittsburgh. He did a second show the next night. Some w...
1951
Homewood
My mother loved this picture of my twin brothers and me in 1951. I wasn't crazy about it. The bik...
October, 2014
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
My son and granddaughter in the fall of 2014 at the annual Pumpkin Fest at Conneaut Lake Park.
October, 1979
Market Square, Downtown
The day after Game 7 of the 1979 World Series. Pirate pitcher Kent Tekulve (holding his #1 fan) i...
1978
Steeler Training Camp. Latrobe
Chuck Noll reviewing the offense in 1978 at St. Vincent College. The defense wore gold.
1966
Central Catholic High School Cafeteria, Oakland
My rock and roll band performed at Central Catholic. We were elevated on a platform in the middle...
January 1, 1977
French Quarter, New Orleans
All geeked up and ready for some Pitt football. The Pitt Panthers football team was playing for t...
June, 1973
Civic Arena
It's Elvis in Pittsburgh. Period.
1929
Scotch Bottom, Pittsburgh
My wife's mother's parents, Stanislaus and Catherine Skalniak. Scotch Bottom is in the Hazelwood ...
1942
Josephine Street, South Side Slopes
My wife's aunt and uncles on her father's side. John, Anna, Ed and Nick (in front) Vukela in fron...
1939
Josephine Street, South Side Slopes
My wife's paternal grandmother and uncle at their home in 1939. This is Mary Vukela with her son,...
November, 2007
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
My son and I attended the Steelers 75th Anniversary Banquet and Gala. My son was 18 and it was a ...
1990
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
My son, Michael, attending his first Pirate game.
January 6, 1980
Three Rivers Stadium, North Side
I attended most of the Steeler home games in the 1970s. I never took my camera to a game in that ...
1924
South Side Flats
I never met my father-in-law, Joseph Vukela. He was born and raised in the South Side of Pittsbur...
1973
Penn Hills
My nephew with Steeler great Franco Harris.
December, 1966
Maple Avenue, Edgewood
I was the lead singer in a rock band in 1966. We went to Edgewood High School and played at our J...
October 1, 1963
H.J. Heinz Company, Northside
The man on the left is my wife's paternal grandfather, Frank Vukela. He and his son, Matthew, wer...
2006
Mount Lebanon High School
My son's band performs on the field during student assembly in 2006. It was his senior year and s...
1962
Penn Hills
In front of my grandmother's home on Beulah Road in Penn Hills. My mother , sister and brother af...
2013
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
We enjoy taking our family to the Pumpkinfest each year. The big event is lifting a 1,000 pound p...
May 5, 1988
City-County Building, Downtown
Our Realtor group was to meet Mayor Caliguiri for a photo-op that day. Our national Realtor presi...
1959
H.J. Heinz Company
My wife's paternal grandfather, Frank Vukela, is the fifth person from the left. He was Croation ...
1929
California
My father was born in Pittsburgh and ran away from home as a teenager. My uncle went to the west ...
2011
PNC Park, North Shore
My family enjoying the fireworks after the game.
1993
Kennywood
New Year's Day, 1955
Homewood
On the left is my sister with recording artists Kathy and Jimmy Zaleski. They were known professi...
1979
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Chuck Noll and some of the players at the end practice at St. Vincent College. Tony Dungy is doin...
1966
Central Catholic High School Cafeteria, Oakland
We were in a rock and roll band in the 60's. Our lead guitarist, Mike, attracts the attention of ...
1974
Oakland
My mother's family came here from southern Italy in 1903. Here is my grandmother, Rachel Barone, ...
1966
Edgewood
We were in a rock band in 1966. This photo was taken in front of Edgewood High School on Maple Av...
2010
Mount Lebanon
Digging out after the snow.
September, 2009
Downtown, Pittsburgh
The corner of Ross Street and Forbes Avenue during the G-20 Summit in 2009. I took the photo from...
1974
My Italian grandmother, Rachel Barone, dancing the Tarantella at my brother's wedding. My brother...
1943
Homewood
My mother and father with their first child, Judy. My mother was 28 years old.
2009
Pauline Park, Beechview
The Stanley Cup is on display on Pauline Avenue. The Pens president, David Morehouse, used to pla...
2009
Downtown
I worked in the County Office Building during the G-20 Summit in 2009. It was very quiet downtown...
1961
Western Pennsylvania
My mother with my twin brothers and me. We would take days trips north of Pittsburgh. It seemed l...
1990
Carnegie Science Center
My son and I at the grand opening of the Carnegie Science Center in 1990. He and I have been ther...
New Year's Day, 1955
Homewood
My mother, Helen, is on the left. Is that a giant spider on the man's chest?
2010
Pittsburgh Penguins Locker, Uptown, Consol Energy Center
I was involved in a photo shoot for a national assessing magazine in 2010. We were able to tour t...
May, 1965
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My maternal grandmother with my mother and her siblings. It was Mother's Day, 1965.
1967
Wilkinsburg
My mother, two sisters and the rest of the family on Easter Sunday.
2010
PNC Park, North Shore
It was Bill Mazeroski's birthday in 2010 and they dedicated a statue in his honor. Bill Mazeroski...
1979
Market Square, Downtown
My nephews, Larry and Robbie, proudly proclaim that the Pittsburgh Pirates are #1. We went to the...
1966
Edgewood
Eddie was the only guy with a convertible when I was in high school in the 60s. It gave me the op...
1963
Wilkinsburg
I took this photo of some friends who went to St. James School with me in 1963 .We were all fourt...
1978
St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa.
I'm at Steeler Training Camp with my nephew, Stephen. Most of the fans wore tee shirts instead of...
1966
We formed a rock and roll band in 1966. We were influenced from the Beatles appearance on TV two ...
1988
Three Rivers Stadium, Northside
Who's on First? Our group played softball at Three Rivers Stadium a few times. We used the dugout...
1949
Homewood
It was the first communion for my late sister, Judy. It is also the first photo of me in my mothe...
1941
Homewood
My mother before she married my father. She is sitting next to her mother, Rachel. The three wome...
May 1945
Homewood
My mother, Helen, with my two older sisters. My parents lived on Upland Street in Homewood.
1963
Wilkinsburg
That's me riding shotgun in a Wilkinsburg Paddy Wagon. For some reason I had my mother's Instamat...
1979
Steeler Training Camp. Latrobe
Practice was over for the day but some of the players still wanted to work out. Yes, Mel Blount a...
1913
Hazelwood
My wife's mother, Frances, was raised in an area known as Scotch Bottom. We know that area today ...
1950
Homewood
Mom and dad with the six of us...and our dog, Peppy.
1960
Wilkinsburg
My Cub Scout group was part of St. James School. My brothers were also scouts. My brother Don is ...
1973
Edgewood
You've got to have friends.
Brookline
I'm probably enjoying "Bell Bottom Blues" with my headphones. That's my loyal Sheltie, Pokey, enj...
December 14, 1974
My parents had three girls and three boys in that order. This photo was taken at the wedding rece...
1990
Station Square
The statue was called, Hunky Steelworker." It was a feature of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in ...
1978
Brookline
I'm washing my first new car. It was a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. I became a Realtor the ye...
January 16, 2009
Allegheny County Courthouse Courtyard, Downtown
A Christmas tree in mid-January? Not exactly. The Terrible Tree was the creation of county employ...
January 6, 1980
Three Rivers Stadium, Northside
I bought a single ticket from a nurse the night before the AFC Championship game. We were playing...
April, 1977
Brookline
No digital downloads here. I am either playing vinyl or reel-to-reel tape through my headphones. ...
February, 1979
Market Square, Downtown
If you followed the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70s winning Super Bowls never got old. Some of us ...
1946
Homewood
My father with my two sisters on the steps of our house on Upland Street.
January 6, 1980
Three Rivers Stadium, Northside
The AFC Championship Game for the NFL 1979 season. The Steelers set the standard. A few years lat...
May, 1992
Civic Arena, Uptown
The circus came to town and Michael went for a ride on an elephant. The bunting draping the boxes...
1937
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother, on the left, with friends. She was 22 years old at the time. The woman on the right is...
October, 1979
Market Square, Downtown
Pirate great Willie Stargell at the rally for the 1979 World Series Champions.
October, 1979
Market Square
The Pirates had just won the World Series. We proclaimed ourselves the City of Champions. I took ...
1933
Apple Street, Pittsburgh
My maternal grandparents, John and Rachel Barone.
Fall, 1998
Three Rivers Stadium
My son, Michael, in 1998. He was 11 years old when Three Rivers Stadium was demolished. When he w...
October 13, 2010
The Forbes Field Wall
Arguably, the single greatest sports event in Pittsburgh history is Bill Mazeroski's home run in ...
Summer, 1990
Station Square
My son and I enjoying a walk in Station Square.
April, 2004
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
My son is in his ninth grade civics class at Mt. Lebanon High School in 2004. He tells his teache...
August, 1993
Schenley Park
After 18 rounds of disc golf. I call it frisbee golf.
Summer, 2013
Point State Park Fountain
Laura and Bella enjoyed the trip downtown to see the duck.
September, 1944
Homewood
My parents with my sisters, Judy and Elaine Suley.
Summer, 1990
Point State Park, Pittsburgh
Mary Suley holding her son, Michael. To the point...
Fall, 2010
Chantilly, Va.
It was a thrill meeting Terry Bradshaw. He's the same in person. While I wanted to talk about th...
September, 1959
St. James Church. Wilkinsburg
My brothers and I were in the St. James Choir. We always sang at the midnight mass for Christmas....
Center Field, Three Rivers Stadium
Great catch!
September, 1997
Gateway Clipper
My son and I would always park at Station Square and ride the boat over to Three Rivers Stadium.
November 24, 1963
Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C.
I took this photo in 1963. I was a ninth grader at Taylor Allderdice High School. When President ...
October, 1966
Edgewood High School on Maple
I'm singing a duet with Becky B. We are singing "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying." My rock ban...
August, 2014
Linesville, Pennsylvania
I took this photo of my son and his girlfriend. We were out for a walk and I captured this beauti...
August, 2014
Linesville, Pennsylvania
My granddaughter, Bella.
Fall, 1951
Upland Street, Homewood
My parents had six children. There were three girls and three boys. In 1976, Judy died of a brain...
June, 1988
Castle Shannon
My beautiful wife Mary. We owned our own real estate company back then. I've always loved this ph...
June, 1967
Edgewood Club, Edgewood
I was the lead singer in a rock and roll band in the 60s. We appeared on the local dance show "Co...
June, 1968
East End Avenue, Regent Square, Edgewood
I am 19 years old. I'm with my friends, Kevin, Pat and Bennie.
Summer, 2013
Fred Rogers Statue, North Shore
Bella and Laura enjoyed the day with pap.
January 20, 2006
Allegheny County Courthouse
Former County Executive, Dan Onorato and me at a Steeler Rally before Super Bowl XL. At the time,...
April 30, 1941
East Liberty
Helen Barone Suley on her wedding day. She married my father, Michael Joseph Suley, Jr. at the Ou...
January 20, 1979
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
It was the day before Super Bowl XIII in Miami. We heard that the Steelers were staying at the Ma...
July 23, 1997
Bellevue
The night that the County Commisioners appointed me to a six-year term on the county appeals boar...
April 30, 1941
Homewood
My mother, Helen, with her sister Mary Barone. This is one of the few color photos from that period.
August, 1992
Igloo Club, Civic Arena
The Pens had just won the cup a second year in a row. This was the same year that Lord Stanley's ...
January 13, 1990
Hilton Hotel
Mary and I enjoyed a memorable evening with the late Mayor of Pittsburgh, Sophie Masloff. It was ...
June, 1973
Civic Arena
We saw Elvis live at the Civic Arena. He did two shows. He was still thin at the time.He introduc...
1988 - Three River Regatta
My wife, Mary, and I celebrated the Regatta with friends in the summer of 1988.
Summer, 1943
Homewood
My parents, Michael and Helen Suley with their first child, Judy.
Summer, 1930
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother was born in 1915. She was only 15 years old when this photo was taken.
October 13, 2013
Conneaut Lake Park, Pa.
Mike and Laura didn't have to wait in line to ride the Blue Streak.
July 4, 2012
Haverhill Road, Mt. Lebanon
The Suley family, friends and neighbors get together each Fourth of July. It is a wonderful famil...
January 6, 1980
Three Rivers Stadium
The AFC Championship Game at Three Rivers Stadium. The Steelers win the game to advance to Super ...
June, 1931
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My mother,Helen Barone, on her sixteenth birthday. She grew up in the Larimer section of Pittsbur...
January 1, 1977
Louisiana Superdome
The Pitt Panthers had just defeated the Georgia Bulldogs to win the football national championshi...
July, 1979
St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa.
In the summer of 1979, the Steelers were the reigning Super Bowl champs. Terry Bradshaw is prepar...
May, 1953
Lincoln-Lemington
I remember the Statue of St. Anthony with dollar bills taped to it. Each year, they would parade ...
November, 1930
Grotto Street, Lincoln-Lemington
My grandparents, John and Rachel Barone, in front of their home on Grotto Street in the city. My ...
Summer,1930
Kennywood
My mother, Helen Barone, with her parents and relatives at Kennywood Park in 1930. My mother was ...
January 6, 1980
Three Rivers Stadium
It was the second consecutive AFC Championship game with the Houston Oilers at Three Rivers Stadi...