View showing relief camps; Wood, Morrell & Co.'s store; and office from Prospect Hill, 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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This rare historic photograph captures View showing relief camps; Wood, Morrell & Co.'s store; and office from Prospect Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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View showing relief camps; Wood, Morrell & Co.'s store; and office from Prospect Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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Taken from Prospect Hill, this view looks down on the relief camps set up after the Johnstown Flood, with the Wood, Morrell & Co. store and office in view below. The flood followed the failure of the South Fork Dam on May 31, 1889, which sent a wall of water down the Conemaugh Valley, killing more than 2,200 people and damaging much of the city. Pittsburgh photographer Histed made the print and registered its copyright that same year, and it shows how quickly temporary shelter took the place of ordinary life in the ruined town.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 17847U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Disaster relief--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151941 |
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