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[Damaged Beachside Homes]

Description: Photograph of a row of damaged beachside homes. The houses appear largely intact, but the houses on the right tilt at odd angles on their foundations and the ground is littered with debris. The houses are on a slight hill, raising them a few feet above the beach. In the foreground, the ground is scattered with wooden planks and other building materials.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Boat in the Water #1]

Description: Photograph of a damaged boat in the water with a lifeboat by its side. The boat has heavy damage down the middle which has caused the deck to rest at two different levels. A man in a plaid-patterned cap in the bottom-right corner of the frame turns to look back at the camera. Above him, several men in suits and hats stand facing away from the camera. Various equipment fills the ship's deck. No crewmen are visible on deck.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Boat in the Water #2]

Description: Photograph of heavy damage on a boat in water. The deck has been split and rests at two different levels in the water. Splintered wood spills down into the water below. A light-colored lifeboat rests next to the damage. Several ropes extend from the deck down into the water. The photographer's fingers obscure the top and bottom right-hand corners.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Home Leaning Precariously]

Description: Photograph of a damaged two-story home with light-colored siding and dark trim leaning precariously to its left. The sandy ground around the home is strewn with debris. Behind it, another home leans in the opposite direction.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Homes and Debris]

Description: Photograph of several damaged homes tilting on their foundations on sandy ground. There is miscellaneous debris littered across the ground. The house closest to the camera has a roof that has been stripped of its shingles, exposing the wood underneath. A line of telephone poles stretches off into the distance on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Houses]

Description: Photograph of several damaged homes on sandy ground. The house closest to the camera appears mostly intact, but the front porch is on the verge of collapse, sagging in the middle and missing supports. A home on the right side of the frame tilts precariously to its left. In the background, another home tilts to the left, but it has been supported by wooden planks to prevent it from tilting further. The ground is littered with debris.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Dave Beachum]

Description: An African-American man in Harrison County, Dave Beachum. He was an educator in the Marshall area. Mr. Beachum was married to Emmaline Leffall. She was the daughter of Calvin and Mariah Leffall (former slaves who settled in Elysian Fields slightly outside of Marshall). The Leffall family has been in the Marshall area since the late 1870's
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Derailed Train]

Description: Photograph of a train that has been completely derailed. The train (center) sits alongside the tracks (right) which run off into the horizon. There is a large, circular tent to the left of the train. Debris litters the ground. "Galveston" and "103" are written on the front of the train. Several men are sitting in the shadow cast by the train.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich
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