Views of the Wallingford Tornado
PhotographerPhotographed by
David French
PhotographerPhotographed by
H. N. Gale & Co.
American, probably founded after1890
PhotographerPhotographed by
George N. Granniss
American, 1826 - 1895
PhotographerPhotographed by
K. T. Sheldon
American, 1847 - 1912
PhotographerPhotographed by
Nicholas R. Worden
American
Date1878
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mounts
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 7in. (10.2 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPhotographs show the wreckage of buildings and uprooted trees in the aftermath of the tornado. Views include Main Street, the Parmalee House, "Monson's place," and the school house. A camera is on the ground in the foreground of one photograph. Many photographs include people, chiefly men, presumably largely daytrippers who had come to view the damage.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Part of the John S. Craig Collection.
Object number2012.536.113-.142
InscribedSome photographs have inscriptions on verso giving information about the subjects of the pictures.All photographs: On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: A deadly tornado struck Wallingford, Connecticut on the afternoon of August 9, 1878, killing thirty-four people and injuring at least seventy. The Catholic church and the new brick high school were destroyed. Photographers from as far away as Winsted flocked to Wallingford to record the devastation.
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