Johnstown Flood from Rockville Steel Trestle Bridge on way to Johnstown.
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Johnstown Flood from Rockville Steel Trestle Bridge on way to Johnstown.

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Negative

William N. Jennings

Maker
American, b. England, 1860–1946

Johnstown Flood from Rockville Steel Trestle Bridge on way to Johnstown.

May 31,1889
negative, gelatin on nitrocellulose sheet film from Eastman paper-backed negative
Other: 14.6 x 19.1 cm
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1982.1592.0019
Inscriptions on original negative sleeve (ink): Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889 / Photo taken from train passing over the old Rockville Steel Trestle Bridge on way to Johnstown. This trestle was prevented from being swept from the shore abutments by a long freight train loaded with steel girders on the bridge. Taken by William N. Jennings / Original Eastman Paper Back Neg.

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