Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

Title: Tornado Damage to Tree
Description: Tornado damage to tree located at 14th and Locust.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Factory
Description: Looking along 3rd Street at damage to building identified on mount as overall factory. Street is filled with people and buggies. Handwriting on mount reads Killed 7, injured 14.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Smith and Moffatt
Description: Tornado damage to Smith and Moffatt; located at 4 West 2nd Street. Handwritten label on mount reads View of Smith & Moffats Factory after the Tornado On Tuesday May 11th 1886 ad.
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lathrop School Tornado Damage
Description: Tornado damage to Lathrop School located at southeast corner of 8th and May.
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Residence
Description: Tornado damage to unidentified brick residence on Wyandotte between 15th and 16th streets. Unidentified man standing by sidewalk.
Date: 1882
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hannibal Bridge Tornado Damage
Description: Looking southeast from the north side of the Missouri River at damage to Hannibal Bridge from tornado.
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lathrop School After Tornado
Description: Lathrop School located at southeast corner of 8th and May in Kansas city, Missouri. Damage from cyclone/tornado of 1886 is evident.
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lathrop School
Description: Corner view of Lathrop School; located at 8th and May. Damage from 1886 tornado apparent. Horse-drawn fire equipment visible on street in foreground. Large crowds of people lining street and school grounds.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Church
Description: Tornado damage to unidentified church located at 14th and Oak streets. Unidentified man looking on.
Date: 1882
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Building
Description: View of tornado damage to building identified on mount as Smith, Mofat; presumably Smith and Moffatt located at 4 West 2nd Street.
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Buildings
Description: Tornado damage to buildings at 15th and Grand. Side of one building reads Boston Clothing House. Men and buggies and dirt street in view.
Date: 1882
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jackson County Courthouse Tornado Damage
Description: Tornado damage to Jackson County Courthouse; located at 2nd and Main.
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: People Viewing Tornado Damage
Description: Unidentified men and women in horse-drawn carriages viewing residences damaged by tornado on 14th Street between Oak and Locust. Back of mount stamped with Scotford & Merell Photographers, 715 Main St., Kansas City, MO.
Date: 1882
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damages to Residences
Description: Looking west at 15th and Main towards residences damaged by tornado.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Residences
Description: Distant view of tornado damage to residences located at 12th and Charlotte streets.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jackson County Courthouse Tornado Damage
Description: Crowds of people viewing tornado damage to Jackson County Courthouse; located at 2nd and Main. Handwriting on mount says Killed [2], injured 5.
Date: 1886-05-11
Object Type: Photograph