Johnstown Flood / Big Viaduct Trestle

Johnstown Flood / Big Viaduct Trestle

Negative

William N. Jennings

Maker
American, b. England, 1860–1946

Johnstown Flood / Big Viaduct Trestle

May 31, 1889
negative, gelatin on nitrocellulose sheet film on Eastman paper-backed film
Overall: 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1982.1592.0033
Inscriptions on original negative envelope (ink): May 31, 1889 / Johnstown Flood / Big Viaduct Trestle / Taken by W.N. Jennings / Eastman Paper Backed Film

on original negative envelope (pencil): Test print

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