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Aerial view of Johnstown.
The Hoffman farm, located on Scalp Level.
Johnstown in 1840
Johnstown market house and lock-up, 1865.
View of Johnstown, taken from Millcreek Road in Kernville.
Downtown Johnstown
Corner of Main & Franklin Streets in downtown Johnstown, about 1880.
Washington Street in the 1860s.
Main Street in Johnstown in the 1880s.
Washington Street Bridge, 1884.
Stoneycreek River flowing through downtown Johnstown, 1880s
Closer view showing how riverbanks of Stoneycreek had been narrowed.
Main Street in winter, 1880s.
Central Park in downtown Johnstown, 1880s.
A house on Main Street.
A German celebration in the 1870s.
Opera house on Main Street, 1876.
Dr. Lowman’s office.
Cambria Library, which was washed away during the flood. A new library was built on the site, and today that building houses the Johnstown Flood Museum.
