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Workers Cleaning Rubble from Destroyed Buildings

ca. 1889

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Workers Cleaning Rubble from Destroyed Buildings
  • Title
  • Workers Cleaning Rubble from Destroyed Buildings
  • Date
  • ca. 1889
  • Identifier
  • 20201103-hpjaha-0046
  • Description
  • Laborers cleaning up near the corner of Franklin and Main Street after mass destruction of buildings due to the flood of 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. A singular building remains in this area of town behind the locals but it has also suffered damage. An immense amount of rubble is scattered all along the ground, including parts of a house to the left of the image.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Buildings
    Flood damage
    Abandoned buildings
    Men
    Disaster relief
    Rubble
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
  • Source
  • The Historical Johnstown Collection of David Beale
  • Contributor
  • Johnstown Area Heritage Association
  • Collection
  • Reverend David J. Beale Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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