Poster Photographs

Archive

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Lorain Historical Society

Name/Title

Poster Photographs

Entry/Object ID

1991.008.11

Scope and Content

Poster photographs are black and white views of three tornado prints: (1) Erie Street Viaduct/Swing Bridge showing damage and destruction from 1924 Tornado. L to R: Reagan's Grocery Store (debris behind Wagner Building), 168-70 East Erie Avenue; Wagner Building, 301 Broadway; Heilman Brothers Restaurant, 302 Broadway; Swamp Lily Hotel, corner of North Broadway and East Erie Avenue. (2) Gould's Grocery Store, 560 Washington Avenue, showing damage and destruction on night of the 1924 Tornado. (3) West Erie Avenue and Lakeview Boulevard showing damage and destruction from 1924 Tornado. L to R: 1405 West Erie Avenue, Minnie M and Allison H. Babcock Home; 1410 West Erie Avenue, William F. McAndrews Home; 1416 West Erie Avenue, Clara and Arthur E. Eltham Home; 1422 West Erie Avenue, Mary and George Young Home; 1430 West Erie Avenue, Bertha and Fred C. Meyer Home; Streetcar overturned on its side (on right side of street).

Acquisition

Accession

1991.008

Source or Donor

Smith, Eldona Estate

Acquisition Method

Donation