A crew search for the bodies of Flood victims

ca. 1889

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A crew search for the bodies of Flood victims
  • Title
  • A crew search for the bodies of Flood victims
  • Date
  • ca. 1889
  • Identifier
  • 20201103-hpjaha-0060
  • Description
  • A group of men searching for bodies in the debris near Clinton Street in the aftermath of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. The debris is mostly rubble from destroyed buildings, and it fills the ground in the image. In the foreground is one man looking at the camera as on a felled pole. In the middle is a group of twelve men sorting through the wreckage while others look on. Further back are the ruins of St. John Gaubert Church toward the left side of the image.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Buildings
    Church buildings
    Dwellings
    Flood damage
    Disaster relief
    Men
    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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