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Destroyed Building with Sightseers in Foreground

ca. 1889

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Destroyed Building with Sightseers in Foreground
  • Title
  • Destroyed Building with Sightseers in Foreground
  • Date
  • ca. 1889
  • Identifier
  • 20201103-hpjaha-0074
  • Description
  • A building severely damaged by the 1889 flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Men can be seen assessing the damage in the foreground. The far left part of the image shows a larger group of men presumably assisting the recovery effort.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Flood damage
    Men
    Buildings
    Rubble
    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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