Print, Photographic

Photograph

Lorain Historical Society

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

ms062413003

Description

Photograph is black and white aerial view of West Fifth Street and Oberlin Avenue, showing damage and destruction from 1924 Tornado. On back of photo: "56480 - Lorain, O. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE, ENGINEERING DIVISION, DAYTON, OHIO NEGATIVE NO. AERIAL". L to R: North side: 1140 West Fifth Street, Mary and Joseph Croft Home; 1134 West Fifth Street, Herman Hageman Home; 1128 West Fifth Street, Clarence E. VanDeusen Home (demolished); 1124 West Fifth Street, Michael Scanlon Home; 1110-1112 West Fifth Street, Alice Weisgarner (1110) and Charles Duffield (1112) Homes; 1102 West Fifth Street, Orin McCahon Home. South side: 1159 Albert Hageman (Herman Hageman's brother) Home; 1135 Oliver Phillips Home; 1125 Margaret and John Horn Home; 1119 Lena Stang Home; 1109 Ida and Archie Overmyer Home; 1101 Lena Oehlke Home.

Photograph Details

Subject

1924 Tornado

Acquisition

Accession

2022.36

Source or Donor

Photographs of the 1924 Tornado Found in Collection During 2022 Inventory

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Jun 24, 2013