PA, Johnstown - Stores on Main St after 1899 flood - I & M Ottenheimer - E23566

Pennsylvania postcard

not posted 

titled:  First Stores on Main St After the Johnstown Flood 1889, Johnstown, PA

now this image is interesting in that there is a large wooden barrel that a man in suspenders has one hand on / a couple of men in hats with their hands at their waists / man that has his pants tucked into his boots as you can see the boots are almost up to his knees - he is seated on a wooden chair and has one leg up on its arm rest / a man as if talking to a couple of men that are in the open faced structure.  Now off to the right you can see a sheriff or deputy or some kind of law person because he is clearly wearing a star badge on the outside of his jacket / then a couple of army men - with the one in the back holding his hand above the other man, as if he was going to make rabbit ears or something

published by I & M Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD

Because of the age of the cards - they are noted as being USED - no matter if they are written on or not.