Postcard of Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado

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Title

Postcard of Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado

Subject

Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Central business districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the 600 block of Massachusetts Street after the 1911 tornado on the front. In the center of the photograph is the H. Thompson, Photographer building. In the photograph people are walking around. Across the bottom "600 Blk. Mass. St. "Tornado" Lawrence Kan 4/12 '11" is printed in white ink. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the back is a note to H.G. Clark in Chanute, Kansas from Herb. Postmarked 1911. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 12/15/1989 from NB KU.

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Publisher unknown

Date

1911

Contributor

Fitzpatrick, Charline
Postma, Sally
Carttar, Rosalea
Carttar, Peter

Rights

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Format

Still Image

Language

English

Type

Postcard

Identifier

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_115a)
7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_115b)

Coverage

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kan.)
1911
12/15/1989

Abstract

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the 600 block of Massachusetts Street after the 1911 tornado on the front. Acquisition information on the back. Note on the back.

Date Modified

1911

Is Part Of

Album 7: River Ice to Tornado

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Sally Postma on December 15, 1989.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 7/16" x 3 7/16"

Files

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Citation

“Postcard of Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 23, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/589.

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