View from Frankstown Road of ruined Johnstown

ca. 1889

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View from Frankstown Road of ruined Johnstown
  • Title
  • View from Frankstown Road of ruined Johnstown
  • Date
  • ca. 1889
  • Identifier
  • 20201103-hpjaha-0059
  • Description
  • A man sits on a fence with a broad view of flood destruction in Johnstown Borough in 1889. The most prominent building in the lower middle of the image if the Adams Street School (used as a temporary morgue after the Johnstown Flood). The river on the left (the Stonycreek) still contains rubble, and the ground next to it, center of shot also has debris of the buildings that stood there before the flood.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Buildings
    Men
    Flood damage
    Rivers
    Rubble
    Dwellings
    Landscapes
  • 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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