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Lawrence: tornado damage, 1916

 File — Box: 72, Folder: 62

Dates

  • Creation: 1916

General

Snapshots from photo album with inscriptions: 1. "upturned tree/ bed from near by house/ suitcase;" 2. "a barn, showing pile of wreckage of building, feed bags & pile of hay moved to one side from wreckage / Some 150 (.50?) ton were in the loft;" 3. "Foundation of house showing one pile in the background of the house having mangle(d) with it all contents of hou(se) & belongings of the people. The people sought safty [sic] in the basement. One small boy was hurt."

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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1450 Poplar Lane
Lawrence KS 66045-7616 United States
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