Club house press looking south, 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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Club house press looking south, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Club house press looking south, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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This view of the Club House, taken looking south, records the ruin left at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, a retreat for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists whose lake sat behind the dam that failed on May 31, 1889. The flood that followed swept down the Conemaugh Valley and killed roughly 2,200 people in Johnstown and nearby towns. The photograph is credited to Ernest Walter Histed, and its record dates it to 1889, placing it among the earliest images of the devastation.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Histed, Ernest Walter, 1862-1947, photographer. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,173 × 7,353 px · prints to 21 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 8 |
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