Johnstown disaster, May 31, '89. Conemaugh Valley – 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. Conemaugh Valley, a historic photograph 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. Conemaugh Valley
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Labeled "Conemaugh Valley" and numbered 7 in its series, this stereograph card ties a landscape view to the Johnstown disaster of May 31, 1889. That afternoon the South Fork dam, which held back a reservoir above the town, failed after days of heavy rain, and a wall of water rushed down the valley, killing more than 2,000 people and destroying much of Johnstown. Stereo views like this were sold in numbered sets and viewed through a hand viewer, which gave a national audience a three-dimensional look at a disaster that had reached most of them mainly through newspaper accounts.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Cityscape photographs 1880-1890.Stereographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | No. 7. |
| Subjects | Valleys--Pennsylvania--1880-1890. Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,296 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163909 |
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