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Damage to a home on Goguac Street from the tornado of June 6, 1917

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1917 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-033-036-002 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12935
dc.description Postcard showing a photo of the ruins of a home on Goguac Street damaged by the tornado of June 6, 1917. Caption on front: Ruins of the McCoome home, Goguac St. Battle Creek, Mich. Cyclone June 6, 1917 Written on back: I think this is the worst at this home. Every thing is destroyed chairs table couch & bed & mattress. All torn to pieces an old lady past 70 was buried in this ruins over an hour before men could get to her this home was all those old people had en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Tornadoes en_US
dc.subject Streets - Goguac Street en_US
dc.subject Floods, Cyclones en_US
dc.title Damage to a home on Goguac Street from the tornado of June 6, 1917 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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