Dir of Publications Heinz History Ctr 📚 Best Local Writer, Pgh City Paper 3x 🎉 Kennywood, Diners, Lincoln Hwy, Isaly's/Klondike books 📕 Quarry novel underway
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Brian Butko retweeted
Eighty years ago, members of the Japanese American 522nd Field Artillery Battalion rescued Jewish slave laborers from a death march near Dachau. @nakashimae of the @WashPost joined their memorial celebration to hear the stories of the survivors.
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Brian Butko retweeted
6 Jan 2025
Our new book, “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off,” takes a fascinating look at the Golden Age of aviation. From barnstorming to commercial and passenger flight, West Mifflin’s Bettis Airport was once a hub of thrilling adventures. @BrianButko
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Brian Butko retweeted
26 Dec 2024
A fav find this Christmas for my aspiring aviation architect. Inspired by another gift, the new book about Bettis airfield from @BrianButko & Sue @HxDilettante. Hoping to get to 1 of their lectures soon, would love to see an exhibit come to @HistoryCenter including @PITairport.
8 Dec 2024
Sat, Dec. 14, 2024 from 1:00 - 3:00
Authors @BrianButko & Sue @HxDilettante Morris will share tales from yinzer aviation in the 1920s (wish @HistoryCenter would stream it online) Register: buy.acmeticketing.com/orders…
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Brian Butko retweeted
8 Dec 2024
Sat, Dec. 14, 2024 from 1:00 - 3:00
Authors @BrianButko & Sue @HxDilettante Morris will share tales from yinzer aviation in the 1920s (wish @HistoryCenter would stream it online) Register: buy.acmeticketing.com/orders…
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Brian Butko retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Join authors @BrianButko & @HxDilettante to celebrate the launch of “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” on Dec. 14, at the History Center. The duo will share stories about the 1920s airport & reveal how the book was researched & created.
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Brian Butko retweeted
24 Nov 2024
Join authors @BrianButko & @HxDilettante to celebrate the launch of “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” on Dec. 14. Make sure your tray tables are in the upright position as they share stories about the 1920s airport.
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Brian Butko retweeted
15 Nov 2024
Now boarding … a thrilling new book on Pittsburgh’s aviation history!
Join authors @BrianButko & @HxDilettante to celebrate the launch of “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the History Center.
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Brian Butko retweeted
23 Jul 2024
2/ @HxDilettante & @BrianButko are publishing "Bettis: Where Pgh Aviation Took Off" this fall: the fascinating stories of daredevils who changed the industry from barnstorming to passenger service in less than a decade.”
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Brian Butko retweeted
23 Jul 2024
1/ An intriguing & too little explored corner of Pittsburgh history!
Via @BrianButko “Aviation in the 1920s offered an escape from traditional roles for women like Ellen Mahoney & Freda Zuend, pictured in a catalog for the Pgh School of Aviation, at Bettis Airport.”
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13 Jun 2024
Is this the end for the old Charlie’s/Scotty’s Diner, a rare 1940 factory-built diner in #Pittsburgh? They were built to be mobile — any hope it would be bought and moved?
12 Jun 2024
Peppi's Old Tyme Sandwich Shop closes Point Breeze location. @mgswift7
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13 Jun 2024
1989 photo by John Margolies when it was Scotty’s Diner
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Brian Butko retweeted
10 May 2024
Learn more about the history of Kennywood Park and its roller coasters in the History Center publication “Behind the Screams” by @BrianButko.
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Brian Butko retweeted
8 Mar 2024
This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re sharing a sneak peek at some of the incredible textiles featured in our new exhibition, A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh, which opens to the public on Saturday, March 23. #IWD2024 #ComingSoon
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21 Feb 2024
"We arrived in New York at Midnight ... and the Lincoln Zephyr knows all about traffic." A cool old ad for one of my favorite cars, the 1937 Lincoln Zephyr coupe.
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Brian Butko retweeted
10 Feb 2024
Check out @BrianButko's book Greetings from the Lincoln Highway. bit.ly/49vSUdS Also, check out our online interactive map, which is an ongoing guide to every little part of the old road. Find it here: bit.ly/3mXKKSD
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20 Dec 2023
Some of our books published by the Heinz @HistoryCenter in #Pittsburgh, all written, designed, and printed locally. 📚 shop.heinzhistorycenter.org/…
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17 Dec 2023
120 years ago, Dec 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made their first controlled flights of a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, NC. Others claimed to be first; @HxDilettante and I are writing more about it in our book on Bettis airport and #Pittsburgh's early aviation. @HistoryCenter
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17 Dec 2023
Image of their first powered flight from the Library of Congress, DIG-ppprs-00626.
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Brian Butko retweeted
1 Sep 2023
On this day 95 years ago, Boy Scouts across the country permanently marked the Lincoln Highway with concrete posts, placing them into holes dug prior by other troops. At the time, it was noted "this will be one of the most important pieces of service undertaken by the Boy Scouts"
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Brian Butko retweeted
16 Aug 2023
Learn more about the park’s roller coasters and 125-year history in @BrianButko's book, “Kennywood: Behind the Screams,” available in our Museum Shop!
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