Johnstown flood, Cambra iron works / Langill & Darling, photo, N.Y. – 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 flood, Cambra iron works / Langill & Darling, photo, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period 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, Cambra iron works / Langill & Darling, photo, N.Y.
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The Cambria Iron Works, the industrial heart of Johnstown, is the focus of this view of the town after the 1889 flood. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam upstream gave way, sending a torrent down the Conemaugh Valley that killed more than 2,000 people. The mills were the town's economic engine, and the flood left their buildings and yards wrecked, showing how completely the community's livelihood depended on iron and steel. The print was made by the firm Langill & Darling and registered for copyright in 1889, which suggests it was issued soon after the disaster for a public eager to see the damage.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 18072U U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Industrial buildings--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,314 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178495 |
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