Johnstown disaster, May 31, 89. Cambria mills – Antique 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 Johnstown disaster, May 31, 89. Cambria mills in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Johnstown disaster, May 31, 89. Cambria mills
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Few places in the flood's aftermath show the damage as plainly as the Cambria mills, the Cambria Iron Company works that anchored the economy of Johnstown. On May 31, 1889, a dam on the South Fork of the Little Conemaugh River gave way after days of heavy rain, and the released water rushed down the valley into the town, killing more than 2,000 people. The stereo card, issued about 1889, was one of many views sold to a public eager to see the wreckage, and viewed through a stereoscope its twin images give the twisted debris a startling depth.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | No. 1. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 731 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165802 |
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