Cambria Company's store looking towards kernville, 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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This rare historic photograph captures Cambria Company's store looking towards kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cambria Company's store looking towards kernville, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
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The view from the Cambria Company store looks across toward the Kernville neighborhood, which places the viewer right in the flood's path. The store belonged to the Cambria Iron Company, the town's largest employer, whose works shaped daily life in Johnstown well before the disaster. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork dam upstream failed and sent a wall of water down the Conemaugh valley, killing more than 2,000 people. Pittsburgh photographer Histed made the view around this time and registered it for copyright, a sign that scenes of the ruin were meant for wide circulation.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 17839U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Subjects | Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Iron industry--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151939 |
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