Gifted to Major John Ormsby for his service to the English crown during the French and Indian War, the tract would bear his name for its early development into an organized borough. Further growth in the area would include Mt. Oliver and the settlement of Birmingham. In 1853, resident Dr. John H. O’Brien received approval to open a US post office in the area. He was awarded the honour of naming the site, and suggested his hometown of Carrick-On-Suir back in Ireland, shortening it to Carrick.

 Originally a trolley park with various amusements as befit the origin of such areas, Phillips Park was originally called Dilly’s Grove, where vaudeville and thrill rides would entertain guests who utilized the public rail. Trolley Parks were a national strategy amongst public rail companies to entice people to use their trolleys/streetcars (Kennywood has such an origin). The park was renamed for John McFarlane Phillips, an industry titan and inventor known for many mining and milling advancements, who helped organize the Boy Scouts of America (he was an avid outdoors man and known among the scouts as “Chief Silver-Tip”). The grassy green of the shirt celebrates this unique park and natural retreat of Carrick.

 Much of Carrick’s growth is attributed to its natural resources. Carrick sits above the Pittsburgh Coal Seam, where mines all over Carrick tapped into it for fueling Pittsburgh burgeoning industries in iron and steel. Volunteers Field, Maytide Street, and many other roads sit directly above mines, as many digs remained undocumented. To this day, there is still risk to Carrick home foundations and yards due to settling and sinking. Many of the blast furnaces, forges, foundries, and mills benefited from Carrick coal, one such example was the Soho Furnace in Oakland. An etching of that furnace is the featured illustration for Carrick, to celebrate the Carrick coal that fueled Pittsburgh’s industry.

 Another industry that Carrick came to be known for was a much cleaner one, almost crystal clear. Many bottles and jars that carried products from all over the country, were shaped and formed in Carrick glass factories. Engleart Glass Company (Carrick was once known as Engleartville) Agnew Glass Works were known worldwide, and the bright blue colour of the illustration represents this contribution.

 Pittsburgh Railways operated trolley cars throughout the city, connecting neighborhoods with convenient public transit: the 53 line, Carrick Via South 18^th Street, would have been the prominent trolley line for the Carrick neighborhood.