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  • Collection: Watkins Museum of History - Lawrence Disaster Images

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1977.055.093 The trees at water edge were once the bank of the Kaw and far above the water edge. Now they were greatly submerged.

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1976.1349 Flood at the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence.

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1976.1348 Flood looking west from the Union Pacific Depot

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1976.1031 View across Kaw river floodwaters toward north Lawrence; taken from riverbank just west of 6th St. bridge. Union Pacific Railroad station visible just beyond washed-out north end of bridge.

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1976.1023 Photo shows two displaced frame buildings surrounded by rubble, branches and other debris. Caption: "1903 flood" and "North Lawrence" are both written in ink.

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1976.1023 Photo shows two displaced frame buildings surrounded by rubble, branches and other debris. Caption: "1903 flood" and "North Lawrence" are both written in ink.

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1976.1020 View across the Kaw floodwaters toward downtown Lawrence. Branches and other debris is in the foreground. There is a small grocery store at right."Looking south from the Union Pacific Depot."

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1976.1010
The view is looking down a road that is covered with water, branches, and other debris. At right is a building with a sign "Buy Your Clothing at the Palace." This is the aftermath of the 1903 flood in Lawrence, KS. The photograph is from a…

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1999.037.030B
Postcard photographs of Locations in Lawrence which were damaged by the 1911 tornado. Downtown from about 7th and Massachusetts looking south.

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1994.077.002
A tornado photograph with a very thin funnel curving to the ground from a very dark cloud. The foreground contains a row of one and two story frame houses on the edge of a town which have not been touched by the tornado yet. The cloud…

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1994.077.001
A photograph of a storm cloud with a tornadic funnel extending toward the ground but not touching it. The tornado may have touched down earlier as the air around it seems to be full of dust. The foreground of the photo is very dark and…

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1986.127.003J
A photo of overturned buildings damaged during the April 11, 1911 tornado.

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1986.127.003i
A home destroyed by the tornado in April 11, 1911. Two boys and a man look over the damage to a home.

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1983.222.114A photograph shows several heavily damaged buildings being reconstructed. Piles of bricks and other construction material can be seen on the sidewalk. On the extreme right, three or four workmen are doing something, possibly laying brick.…

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1983.049.001
600 block of Massachusetts Street in Lawrence after tornado.

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Rural view of a funnel cloud in the distance as two men and two children stand near a limestone shed and watch. One of the children points to it while looking at the photographer. A large leafless tree dominates the right side of the photo while…

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1982.210.005A
A view of the countryside to the west and north of Grover's barn showing a funnel cloud, (tornado) not touching the ground. Two adults and two children watch in the foreground.

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1982.201.006
A view of the Lawrence Paper Mill after the tornado of April 12, 1911. Several men are standing around and looking at the debris of the upper floor and roof of the mill which had been destroyed.

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1981.033.042
View of FAU Hall in Clinton - 1917 tornado damage.

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1981.033.040
Wreck at the store at Clinton from 1917 tornado.

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1981.033.039
Remains of church in 1917 tornado in Clinton.

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1978.023.003
Photograph of the remains of a house completely demolished by a tornado. Several men and boys standing on and in the ruins according to the legend on the back this is the remains of the Archie Brown house after the tornado of 1904.

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1978.023.002
Postcarrd. Black and white photograph of a damaged ftwo-story brick building. The house is damaged with damaged trees and tree limbs in the foreground. Legend at the bottom "Simmons Old Res. After Tornado, Lawrence, Ks. 4/12/1911."

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1977.062.021B
Photo of "Part of 600 Block, Mass St., Lawrence, Kans." 1911 Tornado Damage

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1999.037.030a
Postcard photographs of Locations in Lawrence which were damaged by the 1911 tornado. Downtown from about 7th and Massachusetts locking toward the Shirt Factory, Kaw river in the background.
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