Death and destruction

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, residents hurry through the flooded streets of their community after hearing rumors that the nearby Quemahoning dam had burst.

Publication date: 1936-12-27

Size: 17.2 x 20 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)

Temporal: 1936

Subject(s):

• Disaster victims--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--1930-1940
• Evacuations--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--1930-1940
• Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 27, 1936), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Universal Newsreel