Postcard of a House after the 1911 Tornado

Postcard of a House after the 1911 Tornado

Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Dwellings -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a house after the 1911 tornado on the front. House is off its foundation and tilting down. Other houses in the background are also damaged. Across the bottom "Oscar Dahlene House Lawrence Kan 4/12-'11" is printed in white ink. A white border is around the entire photograph. A note is written on the back to Veda Hale in Elmira, Oregon from Eliot in Lawrence about how their residence was not damaged by the tornado. Dated May 19, 1911, postmarked May 20, 1911.

Unknown, Eliot

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Unknown

5/20/1911

Fitzpatrick, Charline

Postma, Sally

Carttar, Rosalea

Carttar, Peter

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Still Image

English

Postcard

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_163a)

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_163b)

Lawrence, Kan.

5/20/1911

Acquisition date unknown

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a house after the 1911 tornado on the front. Note on the back.

5/20/1911

Album 7: River Ice to Tornado

Photograph

Print

Drawing

Acquired by Charline Fitzpatrick or Sally Postma.

Postcard

5 7/16" x 3 7/16"