Main Street, Cyclone Damage

Exterior view of the 500 block on Main Street that sustained damage from a tornado in Kansas City, Missouri. One of the destroyed buildings was the Jones Dry Goods Store (557 & 561 Main Street). The building in the forefront sold playing cards. The sign remaining on the window says "DOERR/603/...of PLAYING CARDS," and what looks like a cigar store Indian also remains with the words Playing Cards on its base. Written on the front of the photograph in ink, "wrecked by cyclone K. C. Mo." The 1899 Kansas City city directory has a Chris Doerr at 603 Main Street listed as cigar manufacturer.

1899-11-05

Buildings
Cigar store Indians
Cyclones
Disasters
Storms
Tornadoes
Weather
Jones Dry Goods Company

Photograph

General Collection (P1), Oversize A, # 12

Main Street

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