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Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
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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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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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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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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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Storm over Wisconsin

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Description: Man running into his home as a storm approaches.
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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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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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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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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Strong winds brought down a large tree on the car of Mrs. Ralph Schroeder of rural Ft. Atkinson. She and her son narrowly escaped serious injury.
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Strong winds brought down a large tree on the car of Mrs. Ralph Schroeder of rural Ft. Atkinson. She and her son Ralph, age 3, narrowly escaped serious inj...
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Carl Trieloff of Cambridge looks over a barn rafter that pierced the side of his house. The rafter came from a barn located about 100 yards away.
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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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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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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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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 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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Wooden Hoop Silo — Hudson Dairy Farm Ravenna, Ohio

Date: 07 1914
Description: Wooden hoop silo — ten hoops made of elm. Each hoop is made of three pieces 5 x 5/8. Silo had 8 - 2x4 upright supports: matched flooring used in walls. Cap...
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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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