Postcard Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado

Postcard Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado

Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Central business districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the 600 block of Massachusetts Street after the 1911 tornado on the front. In the photograph the Boener Brothers Cigar Factory can be seen on the right side. People are standing throughout the street. At the bottom "Mass St. "Tornado" Lawrence Kan 4/12-'11" is printed in white ink. A white border is around the entire photograph. Information on when and from whom the postcard was acquired is on the back, 3/2/1973 from Erney.

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher unknown

4/12/1911

Fitzpatrick, Charline

Postma, Sally

Carttar, Rosalea

Carttar, Peter

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Still Image

English

Postcard

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_112a)

7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_112b)

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kan.)

4/12/1911

3/2/1973

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.

Album 7: River Ice to Tornado

Photograph

Print

Drawing

Acquired by Charline Fitzpatrick or Sally Postma March, 2, 1973.

Postcard

5 7/16" x 3 7/16"