View of wrecked houses, looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 – 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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View of wrecked houses, looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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View of wrecked houses, looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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Looking toward Kernville, a riverside district of Johnstown, this view shows the wreckage left when the South Fork dam gave way on May 31, 1889. The torrent that rushed down the Little Conemaugh and Conemaugh valleys flattened houses and swept debris into heaps, and the flood killed more than 2,000 people in the city and surrounding towns. The print was made by Histed, a Pittsburgh photographer, and registered for copyright, which was a common step for commercial views of the disaster. Its clear documentation of the ruined streets makes it a useful record of the flood's destruction.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 17844U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-197163 |
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