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Date

1938

GUSN

GUSN-354926

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Description

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of dollars and the homeless counted to hundreds of thousands. The tremendous fury of the wind left behind destruction, destitution and utter ruin." Printed by Tichnor Bros., Inc., 160 No. Washington St., Boston, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hurricanes
disasters
beaches
houses
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.02.0550.030.006

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 1, 1939.

Places

Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
New York City (New York state)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

International News Service (Photographer)
Tichnor Bros., Inc. (Printer)

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

New England Hurricane, 1938
Hurricane damage
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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