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Johnstown flood, [Pennsylvania], South Fork Dam and club house – Antique Wall Art

Johnstown flood, [Pennsylvania], South Fork Dam and club house, c1889. — historic photograph
Johnstown flood, [Pennsylvania], South Fork Dam and club house, c1889.. Historic photograph from the Johnstown Flood collection.

(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 Johnstown flood, [Pennsylvania], South Fork Dam and club house in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Johnstown flood, [Pennsylvania], South Fork Dam and club house

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Unlike the many views of Johnstown's wrecked streets, this picture shows the source of the disaster: the South Fork Dam and the clubhouse of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club beside it. On May 31, 1889, after days of heavy rain, the dam gave way and sent a wall of water down the Conemaugh valley into Johnstown, killing more than 2,000 people. The club's wealthy members had acquired the old reservoir as a private lake, and the dam's neglected condition became a central question in the inquiries that followed.

Created / publishedc1889.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsCopyrighted by Langill & Darling. No. 28. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floods--Pa.--Johnstown--1889; Pa.--Johnstown; Geogr.; Floods; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,238 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148130

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