Midday View of Merchant Hotel on Main Street

ca. 1889

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Midday View of Merchant Hotel on Main Street
  • Title
  • Midday View of Merchant Hotel on Main Street
  • Date
  • ca. 1889
  • Identifier
  • 20201103-hpjaha-0057
  • Description
  • Main Street after the flood of 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This picture was taken on top of a large pile of wooden debris and there are men standing on the debris. The Merchant Hotel is seen on the left. Two buildings on the left are restaurants and a Bon-Ton near them. To the right there is a building marked "Green & Marx". Houses are in the background further down the street.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Buildings
    Men
    Flood damage
    Dwellings
    Rubble
    Restaurants
    Abandoned buildings
  • 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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