Postcard of the Thompson J.C. Blacksmith Shop after the 1911 Tornado

Postcard of the Thompson J.C. Blacksmith Shop after the 1911 Tornado

Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Thompson J.C. Blacksmith Shop after the 1911 tornado on the front. Photograph depicts a building that is completely destroyed. Two men are standing in the rubble. At the bottom of the photograph is a black strip with "8981A Blacksmith Shop, Pinckney Street, Lawrence, Kans." is printed in white ink. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the back "Mfgd. by M.L. Zercher Book Stationery Co. Topeka, Kansas" is typed sideways in the middle in black ink. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 5/23/2003 from Jim Taylor at KCPS Lenexa.

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

M.L. Zercher Book Stationery Co.

1911

Fitzpatrick, Charline

Postma, Sally

Carttar, Rosalea

Carttar, Peter

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Still Image

English

Postcard

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_146a)

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_146b)

608 West Pinckney Street (Lawrence, Kan.)

1911

5/23/2003

Postcard with a black and white photo of the Thompson J.C. Blacksmith Shop on the front. Manufacturing information on the back. Acquisition information on the back.

Album 7: River Ice to Tornado

Photograph

Print

Drawing

Acquired by Sally Postma on May 23, 2003.

Postcard

5 1/2" x 3 7/16"