The Johnstown calamity- Valley of the Conemaugh, from South Fork – 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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The Johnstown calamity- Valley of the Conemaugh, from South Fork
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This stereograph shows the Conemaugh Valley from South Fork, the town upstream where the South Fork Dam gave way on May 31, 1889. The breach sent a wall of water down the valley into Johnstown, killing roughly 2,200 people. Niagara Falls photographer George Barker issued the card soon after the disaster, when many Americans wanted to see the devastated landscape. Viewed through a stereoscope, the paired images gave viewers a sense of depth that a flat print could not.
| Created / published | Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Geo. Barker, c1889. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stereographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 20424U2 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Valleys--Pennsylvania--1880-1890. Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 898 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168431 |
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