The
Johnstown calamity. A slightly damaged house
Barker, George,
1844-1894
photographer
still image
graphic
still image
Stereographs-1880-1890.
Albumen prints-1880-1890.
xxu
1889
monographic
c1889
eng
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen, stereograph.
Photo shows Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, a house lies on its side in a pile of rubble with a huge tree trunk extending through a window; a man stands in front of the overturned house.
No known restrictions on publication.
Title from item.
Stereo photo by Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Copyright 1889 by Geo. Barker.
Published in: "Accidents and Disasters" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.
Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Built Environment section.
Floods
Pennsylvania
Johnstown (Cambria County)
1880-1890
Disasters
Pennsylvania
Johnstown (Cambria County)
1880-1890
Houses
Pennsylvania
Johnstown (Cambria County)
1880-1890
Tree trunks
Pennsylvania
Johnstown (Cambria County)
1880-1890
LOT 3957-1 [item]
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51087
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a11267
2005691635
LC-DIG-ppmsca-51087 DLC
LC-USZ62-8685 DLC
hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.51087
hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3a11267
aacr
gihc
DLC
050908
20250606221517.8
14101111
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