Collapsed House After Tornado Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Collapsed House After Tornado

Creator

  • Photographer: McCurry, J. W.
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1947-04-09
  • Digitized: 2008-02-11

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen wall with debris and a bed frame on top of it. Two figures are digging through the debris on the right side of the frame. In the background are trees and a telephone pole.
  • Physical Description: One photographic negative, b&w: 6.0 cm. x 9.0 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Natural Disasters - Tornadoes
  • Keyword: Houses
  • Keyword: Homes
  • Keyword: Bed Frames
  • Keyword: Beds
  • Keyword: Walls
  • Keyword: Fallen Walls
  • Keyword: Debris
  • Keyword: Fallen Houses
  • Keyword: Collapsed Houses
  • Keyword: Telephone Poles
  • Keyword: Tornado Damages
  • Keyword: Damages
  • Keyword: Destroyed Houses

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Lipscomb County
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1947-04-09

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2007
    Code: SG07

Institution

  • Name: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
    Code: WCHM

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1998.2.74I_01
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth35919

Note

  • Display Note: Located within an envelope that reads, "J.W. McCurry", which is located within a larger envelope that reads, "Higgins and Storm Picture Negatives," on the front and on the back, "Tornado Pictures, 1947, Glazier maby Higgins, Negatives".
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: Epson Perfection 4990 Photo
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