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| Date: | 12 29 1932 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home exterior, at 640 N. Carroll Street, from the northeast after the fire. Furniture is on ... |
| Date: | 10 23 1930 |
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| Description: | Behr residence, with a dotted line and an "x" showing where a child fell. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage in Truax Field area. The Anderson house chimney was damaged, and the trees surrounding it were uprooted. |
| Date: | 09 02 1948 |
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| Description: | A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'... |
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| Description: | Rainwater pooling on the curb and in the driveway of a residence. A garage and well-groomed yard is also visible. A tricycle and coaster wagon are on a wal... |
| Date: | 04 27 1950 |
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| Description: | View of damage to the breakwater behind the home of Dr. J.G. Frisch, 1653 Sherman Avenue, caused by high water and waves driven by strong winds. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | A dog crouches behind a fence where a "Beware of Dog" sign hangs. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department ... |
| Date: | 08 07 1924 |
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| Description: | A view of the ruins of a cyclone, showing a roofless house and an overturned automobile in the yard. Several people are standing in the yard, and two child... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Vinh Quoi, Vietnam, in the aftermath of a Viet Cong attack. There is a burned-out building in the background. A male resident is sitting on a downed fence ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A man pumps water from an old wooden pump into a tin cup. This photo was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat... |
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| Description: | View up hill towards a large brick building with a large hole blasted in the second-floor. A wood platform below is collapsed. |
| Date: | 09 21 1931 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 25 1960 |
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| Description: | A crowd of onlookers is standing in front of a house at 2120 Waunona Way that was engulfed in fire. The incident was caused by a lightning strike of adjace... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view across road towards a man posing standing on a wooden walkway near downed trees and branches and in front of a two-story wooden house. |
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| Description: | View towards the front of a church, with wooden debris in the forground. People are standing near the entrance behind the debris. Identified as the old Cat... |
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| Description: | A house laced straight into the wiry sore of righteousness, squared off and lonely, tingling at the sound of ice, the libertine who drowned. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Caption on the reverse reads: "Kids in S. Boston housing project burn the effigy of a black man." The mock-lynching was staged by a group of students in th... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards a tornado-damaged home with most of the roof missing and a collapsed barn. A chicken is in the yard. Captions read: "Barn" and "Mrs. E.C. Barn... |
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