View from Frankstown Road of ruined Johnstown

ca. 1889

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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