Fishburne Street House After the 1938 Tornado

Description

B&W photograph of a house on Fishburne Street demolished by the tornado of 1938. Neighboring house in view at left. (Both houses would have been on the north side of the the 200 block of Fishburne Street.)

Handwritten on back of photo: "2nd tornado on Fishburne Street near President Street. Demolished about 60 houses here. This 2nd tornado damage about $6,000,000. 300 houses condemned. Sept. 29, '38."

Photo was originally mounted on photograph album paper, similarly captioned; page in file with photograph.