Views of Johnstown, Pa., disaster. The gorge from 1/2 mile above bridge / Sackett & Carlson, Sycamore, Ill. – Vintage 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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This rare historic photograph captures Views of Johnstown, Pa., disaster. The gorge from 1/2 mile above bridge / Sackett & Carlson, Sycamore, Ill. 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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Views of Johnstown, Pa., disaster. The gorge from 1/2 mile above bridge / Sackett & Carlson, Sycamore, Ill.
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This view looks up the Conemaugh gorge from about a half mile above the stone railroad bridge, the spot where a mass of wreckage from the May 31, 1889, flood piled up and became the most notorious feature of the disaster. The South Fork dam had failed upstream, and the flood swept through the valley, leaving the gorge jammed with houses, rail cars, and timber. Sackett & Carlson, a photography firm in Sycamore, Illinois, issued numbered series of views like this one, which were sold to a national audience eager to see the damage.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | No. 9. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,237 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167230 |
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