For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. Young John Brashear gets his first look through a telescope in Brownsville, Pa,
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. John & Phoebe Brashear in their telescopic lens-making workshop.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. John & Phoebe Brashear gaze at the stars outside their lens making shop on Pittsburgh's South Side Slopes, c. 1860's.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. Samuel P. Langley working at the Harvard College Observatory, 1865.
For the film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. A historic view of Pittsburgh's industrial South Side on the Monongahela River with covered bridge, c. 1879.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. Brashear studies lens-making while riding the trolley to work in Pittsburgh's steel mills, c. 1870's.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. Samuel P. Langley meets with the American Astrological Assoc. in St. Louis, c. 1880.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory". William Thaw raising funds among colleagues to build the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh. Shown is the historic Refractor Telescope.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory”. John Brashear & Phoebe enjoyed hosting star watching parties.
For the PBS film, "Undaunted, the Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory". The Comet Donati of 1858 observed over Pittsburgh's Allegheny Commons.The comet inspired the building of the Allegheny Observatory.
"Dan Rooney Cafe & Bar, c. 1925". Rooney family, including Art Rooney, lived upstairs of the saloon which stood across the street from Exposition Park, North Side, Pittsburgh.
"Family and House Portrait".
Heinz Field Commemorative Plate Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Steelers on the newly constructed Heinz Field in 2002 featuring The Majestic River Boat, Gateway Fleet.
History Panel for The Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pa. Interior of St. Joseph's Chapel, c. 1942 at the Baden convent. A scene of the Holy Mass.
History Panel for the Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pa.; Le Puy Kitchen, Le Puy, France. The very first non-cloistered nuns of the order wearing the original habit preparing food for the poor.
History Panel for the Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pa. Sister Jeanne Fontbonne in Lyon, France.
History Panel for the Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pa. Mother Tello Hortense, Ebensburg, Pa.
History Panel for the Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pa.; Trinity House Farm House on the convent farmlands.
History Panel for the Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pa. Father Jean Pierre Medaiie was a gifted spiritual director and superb preacher in the mountain villages of France.
For the film, "Go To The People", Jeff Sewald, Producer. A man at peril in the sea rejects help from a life boat.
For the film, "Go To The People", Jeff Sewald, Producer. A man saves one starfish on a beach covered with dying starfish.
"Kade and the Spy", illustration for a spy novel.
Creative Nonfiction True Crime Essays Cover, Issue 45
Creative Nonfiction Magazine, True Crime Issue #45. Illustration for the essay, "Levithian" by David McGlynn.
Creative Nonfiction Magazine, True Crime Issue #45. Illustration for the essay, "The Addict", by Lacy M. Johnson.
Creative Nonfiction Magazine, True Crime Issue #45. Illustration for the essay, "Origami and the Art of Identity Folding", by AC Fraser.
Creative Nonfiction Magazine, True Crime Issue #45. Illustration for the essay, "Grave Robber, A Love Story".
Creative Nonfiction Magazine, True Crime Issue #45. Illustration for the essay, "Grave Robber, A Love Story".
Creative Nonfiction Magazine, True Crime Issue #45. Illustration for the essay, "Speaking of Ears and Savagery" by Steven Church.