Type: Photograph – Mounted
- Collodion POP
Subject:
“Grand View Cemetery”, “”Unknown Dead” Plot”, “Johnstown, Pa.” (titled in the
negative)
Photographer: The
Boston Art Co.
Studio Location:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Date: 1894-1900
Size: 8 5/16 x 6 1/4 inches (photograph), 10 x 7 inches (mount)
Content & History: The Unknown Plot contains the bodies of 777 victims of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
The Boston Art Co. purchased the studio owned by George Miles Greene in 1894. ‘
Condition: Stain/Soiling on the lower left corner area, vertical crease down the right side, other soiling and wear. Mount is also missing its two top corners. See pictures.
References:
The Photographic Times, Volume 27. 1895 (pg. 186)
Item Number: 000090