Artifact Survivors of the Johnstown Flood of 1889

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Long-handled glazed ceramic pitcher

Ceramic pitcher owned by the Zimmerman family. Their house on Dibert Street in Kernville was caught in the flood’s backwash and completely destroyed.  The Zimmerman’s started their new life with this pitcher, the only household object to survive the flood.