| JOHNSTOWN IN BLACK & WHITE |
Johnstown In Black & White is an ongoing photoessay project. My goal is to document "disappearing Johnstown" by taking pictures of old and unique places
and things. Click HERE to view a slideshow.
and things. Click HERE to view a slideshow.
| JOHNSTOWN, THEN AND NOW |
Luke Swank was a scion of Johnstown's successful Swank family. On the left, above, is a
photograph that Swank captured in 1930; on the right is my attempt to take a photograph of the
same scene in 2006.
photograph that Swank captured in 1930; on the right is my attempt to take a photograph of the
same scene in 2006.
Fifty years after Swank's photograph, Lee Friedlander took a photo in Franklin Borough for his
book, Factory Valleys.
book, Factory Valleys.
These side-by-side comparisons clearly illustrate the decline of basic steelmaking in the Johnstown area.
For more information and images, please visit:
The Frank and Sylvia Pasquerilla Discovery Center's "History of Steelmaking in Johnstown."
The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority's "Cambria Iron Works."
For more information and images, please visit:
The Frank and Sylvia Pasquerilla Discovery Center's "History of Steelmaking in Johnstown."
The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority's "Cambria Iron Works."
