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Photograph of an ominous sky as August Meseke (far right), a noted businessman in Alta Vista, Kansas, and others examine the damage from the 1912 tornado that struck the town.
Date: 1912
Item Number: 306611
Call Number: 2014-169
Holding Institution: Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Tornadoes
Date - 1910s - 1912
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Alta Vista
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Type of Material - Photographs
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