General view of Johnstown looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: General view of Johnstown looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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General view of Johnstown looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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Looking toward Kernville, this general view shows the debris and ruin that the flood left scattered across the Johnstown valley. The disaster followed the failure of the South Fork Dam upstream on May 31, 1889, after days of heavy rain sent a wall of water roaring down the valley and killed more than 2,000 people. The photograph was made by Histed of Pittsburgh and registered for copyright, which suggests it was sold as a commercial view. Notice how little of the town's street pattern survives in the foreground.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 17845U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,195 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151965 |
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