Johnstown Flood, 1889: Looking down Main St. #18 – Antique Wall Art
(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: Looking down Main St. #18. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Johnstown Flood, 1889: Looking down Main St. #18
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Looking down Main Street, this view shows Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the aftermath of the flood of May 31, 1889, when the failure of the South Fork dam sent a wall of water down the valleys of the Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek rivers. The disaster killed more than 2,000 people and left much of the town's business district buried in debris. The caption card's tags point to disaster relief and the Freemasons, who were among the groups that gave aid to survivors. The photographers credited on the print, Langill & Darling, documented the wreckage for public interest. The c1889 date is approximate, so the exact day the picture was taken is uncertain.
| 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 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136150 |
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