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Johnstown Flood, 1889: Gen. view of debris #15 – Vintage Wall Art

Johnstown Flood, 1889: Gen. view of debris #15, c1889. — historic photograph
Johnstown Flood, 1889: Gen. view of debris #15, c1889.. Historic photograph from the Johnstown Flood collection.

(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: Johnstown Flood, 1889: Gen. view of debris #15, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Johnstown Flood, 1889: Gen. view of debris #15

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Debris piled through the streets of Johnstown after the flood of May 31, 1889, when the South Fork dam above the city gave way and sent a wall of water down the Conemaugh Valley. The tangle of timber, iron and household goods in this view shows how thoroughly the water scoured the town and how much had to be cleared before rebuilding could begin. The caption card ties the scene to disaster relief and to Freemason lodges, which took part in the recovery, though the record's details are unverified. The photograph was made by the firm Langill & Darling.

Created / publishedc1889.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto copyrighted by Langill & Darling. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Disaster relief; Freemasons; Flood--1889; Relief; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,165 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136152

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