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Damage to the Business District

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: View of debris, perhaps from tornado damage in the business district of New Richmond. A group of onlookers investigate the damage. Caption on stereograph r...
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After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of two barefoot children who are near a charred wooden sidewalk, lower left, that marks the course of Nebraska (now West Montello) Street tow...
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Rebuilding

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with lumber standing in front of the frame of building under construction facing Main Street. There is a worker...
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After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view looking west over the open basements of commercial buildings which were destroyed by a recent fire. Main Street is in the foreground. Horse-d...
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Furniture Company Fire

Date: 04 12 1899
Description: Stereograph of a fire at the Choate-Hollister Furniture Company. A crowd, mostly men, are gathered to watch the effort to extinguish the fire. On the left,...
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Damage from a Cyclone

Date: 07 08 1885
Description: Stereograph of the aftermath of a cyclone. The debris may be the remains of a stable. In the foreground is a dead horse, with the remains of a buggy and a ...
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Wreckage

Date: 07 07 1885
Description: Stereograph of the wreckage of a building in the aftermath of a cyclone. A group of men and boys are posing standing or sitting for the photograph. In the ...
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Extreme Tornado Devastation

Date: 1899
Description: Stereograph of the devastation caused by a tornado. All that remains of trees are the main branches and trunks, some with building debris caught in them. P...

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