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View of Franklin Street

ca. 1865

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View of Franklin Street
  • Title
  • View of Franklin Street
  • Date
  • ca. 1865
  • Identifier
  • 20191113-hpjaha-0008
  • Description
  • View of Franklin Street from intersection of Main Street. The left side of the photograph shows a series of buildings erected on the then-public square, which was cleared in 1879 to make way for the current Central Park, including the Market House, the City Jail (known as "the Stone Jug,"), and a log cabin belonging to John Buckwalter, the foreman of Johnstown's first iron forge.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Buildings
    Roads
    People
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Dwight H. Roberts Collection
  • Contributor
  • Johnstown Area Heritage Association
  • Collection
  • Dwight H. Roberts 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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