Johnstown Flood, 1889: Masonic Headquarters #25 – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Johnstown Flood, 1889: Masonic Headquarters #25. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Johnstown Flood, 1889: Masonic Headquarters #25
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Catalogued as the Masonic headquarters during the aftermath of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, this photograph records a relief base in the Pennsylvania mill city. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam above town failed and sent a wall of water down the Conemaugh Valley, killing more than 2,000 people. Fraternal groups, including the Freemasons, helped organize food, shelter and supplies in the weeks that followed. The caption information comes from an old card and has not been verified, so the building's identity and the exact date should be checked against other sources.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by Langill & Darling. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Disaster relief; Freemasons; Flood--1889; Relief; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136148 |
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