- Description
- Image of an elevated view of the Conemaugh Valley fire and flood (also called the Johnstown Flood or the Great Flood of 1889) on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles upstream of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; homes and burning buildings are washed away by floodwaters as debris is trapped at the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge; dead and dying people wash up on shore or are swept away while others attempt rescue, flee, or pray for relief.
- Date
- ©1890
- Call number
- priJLC_VIEW_003353
- Provenance
- Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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- Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894.)
- Bachmann, John, (active 1849-1885.)
- Bailey, H. H. (1836-1878.)
- Bailey, S. F. (1827-1906.)
- Baker, Geo. H. (1834-1904.)
- Barker, J. J. (1853-1914,)
- Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, (1826-1909.)
- Beman, S. S. (1818-1874.)
- Benecke, Theodore. (approximately 1821-1880,)
- Bennett, N. S. (1779-1851.)
- Bien, Julius, (approximately 1801-1856?)
- Billings, Hammatt, (1816-1899,)
- Billings, J. E., (1788-1864.)
- Birch, Thomas, (1848-1882.)
- Boell, William. (1853-1923.)
- Bonar, Thomas. (approximately 1828-)
- Bornet, John. (active 1860.)
- Bowen, John T., (active 1806-1831.)
- Brotherhead, William. (active 1872-1873.)
- Browning, A. E. (1823-1900.)
- Bryant, Gridley James Fox, (1818-1887.)
- Buckman, Bowen, (1797-1886.)
- Burleigh, Charles Calistus, (approximately 1810-)
- Burleigh, L. R., (approximately 1820-)
- Butler, J. M. (1798-1882.)
- Cameron, John, (1840-1900.)
- Campbell, A. J., (1817-1890.)
- Campbell, Robert, (1842-1922.)
- Cattier, F. L. (1843-1895.)
- Chillas, David. (1844-1920.)
- Clarke, C., (active 1840-1860.)
- Clarke, Wm. M. (active 1852-1866.)
- Condit, W. J. (1819-1878.)
- Cropsey, Jasper Francis, (active 1834-1872)
- Currier, Charles, (-1878.)
- Degen, Geo. (1812-1879.)
- Dennington, Clement L. (1833-1916.)
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- Devereux, George T., (1834-)
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- Eights, James, (1827-1895.)
- Ells, Wm. (1811-1881.)
- Ellsbury, George H., (1835-1869.)
- Engel, W. (1813-1906.)
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