The ruins at Johnstown" after the flood May 31 B.&O. R.R.--a ghastly find / Rothengatter & Dillon photo's." – Vintage Photo 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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Step back in time with The ruins at Johnstown" after the flood May 31 B.&O. R.R.--a ghastly find / Rothengatter & Dillon photo's.", a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The ruins at Johnstown" after the flood May 31 B.&O. R.R.--a ghastly find / Rothengatter & Dillon photo's."
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Wreckage piled along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line sets this view of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, apart, and the caption's phrase "a ghastly find" points to the grim discoveries made as crews searched the debris. The flood of May 31, 1889, followed the failure of the South Fork dam upstream, and the rush of water through the Conemaugh Valley killed more than 2,000 people. Rothengatter & Dillon documented the aftermath, and their pictures remain some of the most direct records of the destruction.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 89712993 |
| Genre | 1 photographic print. |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168663 |
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