Postcard of a House after the 1911 Tornado
subject: Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence
subject: Dwellings -- Kansas -- Lawrence
description: 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.
creator: Unknown, Eliot
source: Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection
publisher: Unknown
date: 5/20/1911
contributor: Fitzpatrick, Charline
contributor: Postma, Sally
contributor: Carttar, Rosalea
contributor: Carttar, Peter
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format: Still Image
language: English
type: Postcard
coverage: Lawrence, Kan.
coverage: 5/20/1911
coverage: Acquisition date unknown