johnstown advertisement, Pennsylvania – Antique Wall Map
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This antique map of johnstown advertisement, Pennsylvania brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
johnstown advertisement, Pennsylvania
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the late nineteenth century was a mill town built along the Conemaugh River, where the Cambria Iron Company and its successor steelworks employed much of the population. Iron and steel production drew immigrant workers from Central and Eastern Europe, and the town's neighborhoods, churches, and rail connections grew up around the furnaces and rolling mills. A bird's-eye view like this one was often drawn to attract investors, merchants, and new residents, so it emphasizes the streets, factories, and rail lines that signaled prosperity. Johnstown is remembered most for the flood of May 31, 1889, when the failure of the South Fork Dam sent water through the valley and killed more than 2,000 people. Many people who lived there before that disaster would have known the town as a busy industrial center on the rivers.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Pennsylvania |
| Original scan | 1,367 × 1,775 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | johnstown advertisement |
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