Damage of the Great Fire from Town

ca. 1872

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Damage of the Great Fire from Town
  • Title
  • Damage of the Great Fire from Town
  • Date
  • ca. 1872
  • Identifier
  • 20201029-hpjaha-0002
  • Description
  • The damage caused by the Great Fire of 1872 in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Men on horse drawn carriage ride past near the wreckage. A man looks on beside the street. Walls of the buildings are the only remaining parts of most. Lumber and bricks being used to rebuild is seen near the street.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Rubble
    Buildings
    Men
    Carriages and carts
    Horses
    Disaster relief
    Cities and towns
    Streets
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Somerset (Somerset County, Pa. : Township)
  • 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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