The Great Conemaugh Disaster - Johnstown Flood - Kurz and Allison, 1889, Pennsylvania – Vintage Map Wall Art
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Step back in time with The Great Conemaugh Disaster - Johnstown Flood - Kurz and Allison, 1889, Pennsylvania, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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The Great Conemaugh Disaster - Johnstown Flood - Kurz and Allison, 1889, Pennsylvania
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1889 was a mill and mining city struggling to recover from the flood of May 31. Clara Barton and the American Red Cross arrived in the valley that summer, and the relief work there was among the organization's earliest large domestic efforts, with food and supplies distributed to families who had lost their homes. Survivors crowded into temporary shelters while volunteers and officials searched the mud for the dead, and many of the victims were never identified. Kurz and Allison, a Chicago lithography firm, produced this bird's-eye rendering in the months after the disaster so that readers far away could follow the destruction street by street.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Pennsylvania |
| Original scan | 11,060 × 8,610 px · prints to 37 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | The Great Conemaugh Disaster - Johnstown Flood - Kurz and Allison, 1889 |
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