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Relief Tractor Arrival

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Men preparing newly arrived and unloaded McCormick-Deering relief tractors near railroad tracks. The tractors appear to be 10-20s.
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Man Driving Relief Tractor

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering relief tractor to drag metal pieces from a "tri-state tornado" damaged residential area. The trees along the street have bro...
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Extricating the Dead and Wounded

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Stereograph of rescuers and onlookers standing among the wreckage in the wake of a cyclone. Bare trees, horses, houses, and a church steeple are in the bac...
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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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Men Surveying Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Two well-dressed men survey piles of debris left in the wake of a tornado. Part of the wall of a brick building is in the background.
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Men wIth Tree Stripped of Bark

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Men, one of whom is holding an umbrella, stand looking at a tree that has been stripped of its bark by a tornado. It also appears to be embedded with a pie...
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Hooded Woman Seated Near Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: A hooded woman sitting on the remnants of a house. As the amount of debris and barren landscape can attest, the area around her had been leveled by a torna...
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Group Clearing Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: A man works to clear debris in the aftermath of a tornado. Other men, women and children are gathered nearby.
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Tornado Damaged House

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: A woman and her young daughter stand in a yard examining a house in the aftermath of a tornado. The house has one entire side missing, a tree leans over on...
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People in Yard of Roofless House

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: A small group of people stand in the yard of a damaged house that had its roof removed by a tornado, and moved off of its foundation, which is exposed on t...
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Remains of House Damaged by Tornado

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: The remains of a house damaged by a tornado. The roof and much of the structure have been completely removed and destroyed. Other debris litters the surrou...
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Men Working Among Rubble

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: A man wearing a hat stands among piles of rubble left in the wake of a tornado. A number of men are working in the large piles of debris, which includes lu...
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Men and Women Surrounded by Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: In the foreground a small group of men and women stand surrounded by the debres from a tornado. Storm damaged houses and relief workers are visible in the ...
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Damage to the Business District - Anaglyph

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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Tornado Damage

Date: 1924
Description: Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t...
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Mabson Farm after the Tornado

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: View across felled trees towards two women standing near the porch of a damaged brick house.
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The Heritage Farm after the Tornado

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: View of damaged farmhouse and group of people sitting and standing outdoors. The roof was blown off and windows were shattered. Four women stand in the yar...
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: The aftermath of a killer tornado, including an arrow and caption that reads: "William Berg Killed Here." In the background near the farmhouse are a group ...
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Ruins of Cyclone — William Brace Farm

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has...
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Scene at Munson Farm after Cyclone

Date: 06 12 1915
Description: Group of men and boys standing around the exposed foundation of a house in the foreground. There is part of an overturned roof on the left. Broken wood is ...

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