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Article: Indiana U. to digitally archive photos of Gary's historic past as a steel town
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- June 12, 2000
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Joseph S. Pete
University Wire
06-12-2000
(Indiana Daily Student) (U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The city of Gary has not always been the stereotype of the urban hellhole.
Though now mired in poverty, crime and drugs, it was once a thriving hub of the steel industry. Through a federal grant, Indiana University will digitally archive its day in the sun.
With $19,000, the Digital Libraries Program is developing a Web site offering a photographic history of the city. The pictures chronicle the rise of Gary Works, the world's largest steel mill during the height of the American industrial revolution.
U.S. Steel photographers documented the building and growth of the mill and the adjoing company ...