[People and Destroyed Buildings After Tornado] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [People and Destroyed Buildings After Tornado]

Creator

  • Photographer: McMurry, J. W.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Dalhart, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1947-04-09
  • Digitized: 2008-02-08

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of two-story buildings destroyed by Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The windows of the buildings are busted out, the roofs are torn off, and there are large piles of debris in front of them. On the right side of the frame are seven men in jackets and hats and two women in skirts and jackets talking to each other. On the left side of the frame is a man, woman, and small girl looking at the group.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 9 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Natural Disasters - Tornadoes
  • Keyword: storm damage
  • Keyword: vehicles
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Automobiles
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Groups
  • Keyword: damaged buildings
  • Keyword: jackets
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Children
  • Keyword: broken windows
  • Keyword: debris

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

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1998.2.74B_03
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth35971

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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