Cambria Iron Company's office an store rooms looking from P.R.R. depot, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 – Vintage Print
(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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Cambria Iron Company's office an store rooms looking from P.R.R. depot, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cambria Iron Company's office an store rooms looking from P.R.R. depot, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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The Cambria Iron Company was the major employer in Johnstown, and this view of its office and storerooms, taken from the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, shows the company's buildings in the flood's aftermath. The South Fork dam failed on May 31, 1889, sending a wall of water down the Conemaugh valley that killed more than 2,000 people and tore through the mills and rail yards. Pittsburgh photographer Histed made the picture and registered it for copyright. Notice how the depot and the debris around the buildings convey the scale of the destruction.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 17834U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Iron industry--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 7,463 × 6,266 px · prints to 25 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif17538_CambriaIronCompanysofficeansto |
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