Military post on Kernville Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Military post on Kernville Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Military post on Kernville Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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Kernville Hill, on the high ground above the Conemaugh River, was where a military camp was set up after the flood tore through Johnstown on May 31, 1889. Soldiers from Pennsylvania's National Guard were sent to the valley to keep order, guard the wreckage against looting, and help with recovery after the South Fork dam failed upstream and sent a wall of water down the river. The print was made by Histed, a Pittsburgh photographer, and copyrighted in 1889, so it records the scene while the damage was still fresh.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 17833U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Military camps--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 7,421 × 6,206 px · prints to 25 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif17536_MilitarypostonKernvilleHillJoh |
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