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[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania] – Historic Reproduction

[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania], 1889 — historic photograph
[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania], 1889. Historic photograph from the Johnstown Flood collection.

(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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The image shows the South Fork dam in the Pennsylvania hills above Johnstown, photographed after its collapse. The dam gave way on May 31, 1889, releasing the waters of Lake Conemaugh down the Little Conemaugh valley and into the mill town below, killing more than 2,000 people. Clara Barton, whose name appears in the collection notes, led American Red Cross relief work in the flood's aftermath, one of the organization's first large domestic efforts. The photograph documents the broken earthworks that caused the disaster.

Created / published1889
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1890.
NotesClara Barton Collection.
SubjectsDams--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890. Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,034 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165771

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