[Photograph of Hurricane Wreckage North of the Courthouse]

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Photograph of a man standing on a roof that lies on the ground after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Showing the street between the bay and the courthouse. Courthouse just across the street from the house at XXX. Our house located about at X, one block east and nearly a block north from the courthouse. XX is the back of the Rankin house. Looks undamaged here but if you could have seen it - even it would have been bad enough. Bay at O. Notice the rocking chair at the street … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Shirkey, Marie 1919.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2007 and was provided by the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 200 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of a man standing on a roof that lies on the ground after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Showing the street between the bay and the courthouse. Courthouse just across the street from the house at XXX. Our house located about at X, one block east and nearly a block north from the courthouse. XX is the back of the Rankin house. Looks undamaged here but if you could have seen it - even it would have been bad enough. Bay at O. Notice the rocking chair at the street crossing - just below O also the little house in the crossing."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2007

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  • Oct. 14, 2007, 10:51 p.m.

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  • May 4, 2016, 11:37 a.m.

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Shirkey, Marie. [Photograph of Hurricane Wreckage North of the Courthouse], photograph, 1919; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29027/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History.

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