news sketch of johnstown flood – Antique Print
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This rare historic image captures news sketch of johnstown flood in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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The Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, followed the collapse of the South Fork Dam, which had been built to hold back a reservoir for the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, a resort of wealthy industrialists in the mountains above the city. When the dam gave way, a wall of water rushed down the Little Conemaugh and Conemaugh valleys, killing more than 2,200 people and sweeping through the mill town below. A newspaper sketch like this one was a common way to show such disasters before halftone photographs became routine in print, so the drawing carries the urgency and scale of a story told to readers who were still learning what had happened.
| Original scan | 1,024 × 684 px |
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| Reference | 2a14602u news sketch of johnstown flood |
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