The ruins at Johnstown, after the flood May 31, 1889 / Rothengatter & Dillon, photo's, Phila. – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The ruins at Johnstown, after the flood May 31, 1889 / Rothengatter & Dillon, photo's, Phila.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The ruins at Johnstown, after the flood May 31, 1889 / Rothengatter & Dillon, photo's, Phila.
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This view shows the ruins left in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood of May 31, 1889, when the South Fork Dam upstream gave way and a wall of water swept down the Little Conemaugh River into the mill town. More than 2,000 people died, and the destruction was so complete that wreckage piled against the stone bridge at the edge of town. The print was made by Rothengatter & Dillon, a Philadelphia photography firm, and was registered for copyright as an image of the disaster, about ten years after the event. Its date suggests it was sold as a retrospective view of the city's recovery.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 17682U U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Johnstown (Pa.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,313 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178494 |
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