Johnstown disaster May 31 89--debris on fire at bridge / Filson & Son Photo. Steubenville O. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Johnstown disaster May 31 89--debris on fire at bridge / Filson & Son Photo. Steubenville O., a stereograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Johnstown disaster May 31 89--debris on fire at bridge / Filson & Son Photo. Steubenville O.
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Debris piled against the stone arch railroad bridge over the Conemaugh River caught fire in the days after the flood of May 31, 1889, and this view shows the smoldering wreckage. The South Fork dam had failed upstream, releasing a wave that swept through Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and killed more than 2,000 people. The jam of houses, lumber and household goods burned for days, becoming one of the most striking images of the disaster. The view was issued by Filson & Son of Steubenville, Ohio, and its copyright is credited to William H. Rau, a photographer known for his flood pictures.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 358-4004. · Wasson C. L. (Charles L.) copyright claimant. |
| Subjects | Fire--1880-1890. Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,608 × 2,142 px · prints to 15 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271284 |
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