Postcard of North Lawrence after the 1911 Tornado

Postcard of North Lawrence after the 1911 Tornado

Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Postcard with a black and white photograph of an area in North Lawrence after the 1911 tornado. Photograph shows four men standing on debris in the foreground and a woman with three children standing in a destroyed house in the background. At the bottom of the photograph is a black strip with "8986A A View in North Lawrence, Kans." typed in white ink. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the back in the middle "Mfgd. by M.L. Zercher Book and Stationary Co. Topeka, Kansas" is typed sideways in black ink. Information on when the postcard was acquired is on the back, 10/30/1976.

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

M.L Zercher Book and Stationary Co., manufacturer

1911

Fitzpatrick, Charline

Postma, Sally

Carttar, Rosalea

Carttar, Peter

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Still Image

English

Postcard

8_Advertising_to_Dessie's(cp_05a)

8_Advertising_to_Dessie's(cp_05b)

North Lawrence, Kans.

1911

10/30/1976

Postcard with a black and white photograph of an area in North Lawrence after the 1911 tornado on the front. Manufacturing information on the back. Acquisition information on the back.

Album 8: Advertising to Dessie's

Photograph

Print

Drawing

Acquired by Charline Fitzpatrick or Sally Postma on October 30, 1976.

Postcard

5 9/16" x 3 1/2"