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Car Wrecked by Falling Tree

Date: 07 03 1947
Description: Car wrecked by falling tree, Edwards Park. The tree has been removed from the car and sawed into pieces.
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Car Wrecked by Falling Tree

Date: 07 03 1947
Description: Car, wrecked by falling tree, parked next to a house at Edwards Park. The tree has been removed and sawed into pieces.
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Storm Damage at Edwards Park

Date: 07 03 1947
Description: Storm damage in front of cottages at Edwards Park. For London & Lancashire Ins. Co.
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Tree Falls Against House

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: A tree is lying against a house at 3534 East Washington Avenue. The workers who cut the tree down said it had been weakened by high winds the day before.
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Storm Damage

Date: 09 1931
Description: The wrecked water slide and sections of the swimming pier litter the shore and shallow water of Pine Lake at the Herbert P. Brumder summer home. Trees alon...
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Windstorm Aftermath

Date: 09 1931
Description: Downed trees and limbs litter the lawn on the lake-facing side of the Herbert P. Brumder summer residence at Pine Lake. The five year old, shingle style ho...
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After a Windstorm

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Description: View looking uphill towards a man in a hardhat standing in the middle of fallen pine trees.
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Storm Damage Cleanup

Date: 03 1978
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a man standing on a log. The trees around him are either broken or bent over towards the right, the result of a sto...
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Storm Damage at Fairgrounds

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Description: View across long grass towards a damaged grandstand at the Jackson County Fairgrounds.
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Three Girls and Storm-Damaged Church

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three girls posing standing in front of a church among wooden debris. Identified as the old Catholic Church (formerly a Universal...
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Storm Damaged Church

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Description: View towards the front of a church, with wooden debris in the forground. People are standing near the entrance behind the debris. Identified as the old Cat...
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Assessing Storm Damage

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Description: Outdoor view across road towards a man posing standing on a wooden walkway near downed trees and branches and in front of a two-story wooden house.
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Men and Women Examining Debris

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Description: Men and women examining debris in a field, possibly caused by a tornado. A tree is on top of an automobile in the center. In the far distance are fields an...
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Wind Storm Damage

Date: 10 10 1949
Description: Wind storm damage on Commonwealth Avenue at Keyes Avenue. A large limb fell on a new model car.
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House Damaged by Fallen Tree

Date: 09 02 1948
Description: A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'...
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Storm over Wisconsin

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Description: Man running into his home as a storm approaches.
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Myles Horton Inspecting Broken Window

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Description: Myles Horton inspecting a group of broken windows at Highlander Folk School.
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: A view of the ruins of a cyclone, showing a roofless house and an overturned automobile in the yard. Several people are standing in the yard, and two child...
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Wind Storm Damage

Date: 10 10 1949
Description: Workers repair an electrical pole that was partially blown over during a wind storm. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Regent Street and West...
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Man on Horse

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Description: Man riding a horse into town, in front of the old Catholic Church which lost its steeple in a storm.

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