View taken looking up the Conemaugh Valley, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 – Historic Reproduction
(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: View taken looking up the Conemaugh Valley, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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View taken looking up the Conemaugh Valley, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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This view looks up the Conemaugh Valley, back toward the direction from which the flood came. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam, about 14 miles upstream, gave way after days of heavy rain, and a wall of water rushed down the valley into Johnstown, killing more than 2,000 people. Ernest Walter Histed, a young photographer who documented the aftermath, recorded the wreckage that the flood left in its path. The scene shows how the valley's narrow geography funneled the water into the town and why the disaster was so destructive.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Histed, Ernest Walter, 1862-1947, photographer. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 7,387 × 6,207 px · prints to 25 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 6 |
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