Postcard Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado
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Title
Postcard Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado
Subject
Tornado Damage -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Central business districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Description
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.
Source
Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection
Publisher
Publisher unknown
Date
4/12/1911
Contributor
Fitzpatrick, Charline
Postma, Sally
Carttar, Rosalea
Carttar, Peter
Rights
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Format
Still Image
Language
English
Type
Postcard
Identifier
7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_112a)
7_River_Ice_to_Tornado(cp_112b)
Coverage
Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kan.)
4/12/1911
3/2/1973
Abstract
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.
Is Part Of
Album 7: River Ice to Tornado
Medium
Photograph
Print
Drawing
Provenance
Acquired by Charline Fitzpatrick or Sally Postma March, 2, 1973.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
5 7/16" x 3 7/16"
Collection
Citation
“Postcard Downtown Massachusetts Street after the 1911 Tornado,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 1, 2024, https://973186.dfklpuvz8.asia/items/show/586.
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