Details
Contributor Fleming, S. W., publisher.
Chisholm Bros., manufacturer.
Title Views of Johnstown Flood 1889. [graphic].
Publisher Harrisburg, Pa. : S.W. Fleming
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 album of 12 unnumbered leaves : photomechanical prints ; album 24 x 16 cm (9.5 x 6.25 in.)
Description Album containing images of Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1881 and after the great flood of May 31, 1889. Across the first two leaves is "View of Johnstown after the flood of May 31st 1889" showing the devastation of the destroyed buildings and including the “Railroad Bridge, Millville,” “Johnstown,” and “Conemaugh Borough with Woodvale in the distance.” Images depicting the destruction include of the South Fork Dam, Main Street, Clinton Street, St. John’s Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, Cambria Iron Company Club House, B. &. O Depot, debris above the P.R.R. Bridge, Gautier Wire Mill and Cutlery Works, and the wreck of the Day Express train at East Conemaugh. Illustrations show people gathered around the ruins and finding bodies of the deceased including “The finding of the bodies of James Murther, wife and three children, and Maggie Ripple, corner Main and Clinton Streets.”
Notes Title from album cover.
Date inferred from content.
Text printed on the first leaf: "Published & Copyrighted by S.W. Fleming, Harrisburg Pa. From Views of LeRue Lemer, Harrisburg Pa."
Text printed on the final leaf: "Manufactured by Chisholm Bros-Portland Me. Manufacturers of Chas. Frey's Original Souvenir Albums of all American & Canadian Cities & Sceneries."
Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Subject Johnstown Flood, 1889.
Church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County).
Flood damage -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown.
Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County).
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown.
Ruined buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County).
Geographic subject Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [P.2011.45.27]
Accession number P.2011.45.27