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| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | View of the McFarland Lutheran church and cemetery. The church was started in 1869 and in use in 1873. It was dedicated on January 23, 1876. The church w... |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Truax Field tornado damage, 2 miles north of Truax Field. Francis Lockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lockman, is sitting on the seat of their tractor whi... |
| Date: | 06 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Paul Gritzmacher and a cow are in the damaged barn. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Barn damage with house in background. Two horses survived in the barn despite the damage around them. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage near Truax Field in Madison. The Gritzmacher farm milk house was twisted and shattered by the wind. A group of people are looking at the dam... |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage in Truax Field area. Albert Anderson is shown holding the wire of a fence that held him during the storm. Oscar and Elmer Anderson, Albert's... |
| Date: | 06 22 1919 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Fergus Falls after a cyclone ravaged it. Grand Hotel (middle), and Catholic Church (right), have been labeled. Red River Milling Company ... |
| Date: | 04 01 1925 |
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| Description: | Relief directors drive McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors to plow a field. |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Two women using McCormick-Deering relief tractors in a field damaged by the "tri-state tornado." The tractors appear to be 10-20s. |
| Date: | 04 01 1925 |
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| Description: | A man using a McCormick-Deering relief tractor to work in a field affected by the "tri-state tornado." The tractor appears to be a 10-20. |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | A man sitting on a McCormick-Deering tractor in a field. Buildings damaged by the "tri-state tornado" are in the background. The tractor appears to be a 1... |
| Date: | 04 01 1925 |
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| Description: | Men standing in a field with trees and buildings damaged by the "tri-state tornado." |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls. |
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| Description: | A tornado touching down in a field by a fence. The funnel widens out dramatically on the mid-horizon into a dark, sky-filling cloud. |
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| Description: | The wreckage of buildings on the John Hedler farm after a tornado. An intact wooden barrel and part of a wooden fence stands in the center foreground. A la... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t... |
| Date: | 08 07 1924 |
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| Description: | Ruins after a tornado. Demolished farm buildings, wagons and a windmill. |
| Date: | 06 17 1932 |
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| Description: | View down hill of the aftermath of a tornado at a farm. There are two collapsed barns, and an intact silo, outbuildings and farmhouse. A horse is standing ... |
| Date: | 09 21 1931 |
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| Description: | View from road of storm damage to a farm. The barn roof has blown off. Men are working on the roof, which has exposed roof timbers. In the foreground are t... |
| Date: | 09 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Destroyed farm building next to a standing barn. Agricultural equipment is in the foreground. |
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