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(NEWYORK)
Group of 6 views of NewYork City, comprising
2 19th century prints (the Brooklyn Bridge and
a ferry in the North River), and 4 20th century
prints, including theVanderbilt Mansion; a large
hotel in midtown by Byron Studio; a Walker
Evans-like scene of Coney Island posters and
automobiles by Sidney Kerner; Edward
Alenius’ view of “Central Park at Night;” and
a commercial view of gigantic pipes in the
Harlem River.Albumen (2) and silver (4) prints,
6x8
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2
to13
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4
x10
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4
inches (16.5x21.6 to
33.7x26.cm.),Alenius’and Kerner’s views signed
and titled on verso.1880s-1940s
[600/900]
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(JOHNSTOWN FLOOD)
NICE
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R
.
Y
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Group of 19 cabinet cards by a local photographer, R.Y. Nice, relating to the aftermath of the
Johnstown Flood and subsequent damage down river inWilliamsport, Pennsylvania.With scenes of
the town under water (including a building with commercial signage for Nice’s studio), citizens in
rowboats navigating the streets, men in derby hats surveying the damage, clean-up campaigns, and
bird’s-eye views of the swollen river. Cabinet card mounts with albumen prints measuring 4x6
1
/
4
inches (10.2x15.9 cm.), each with a printed numeric label affixed to recto and 6 with captions
and/or dates in the negative; 3 with Nice’s printed credit on mount recto and 8 with his cartouche
on mount verso; 11 with remnants of newsprint on mount verso. 1889
[900/1,200]
The Johnstown Flood (“The Great Flood of 1889”) was caused by a combination of factors, including the
failure of the South Fork Dam (14 miles upstream of Johnstown) and extremely heavy rainfall. The dam’s
collapse resulted in more than 2200 deaths and catastrophic damage. This was the first disaster relief effort
handled by the new American Red Cross, which was led by Clara Barton.
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