Sujet

The Cyclone at Louisville, Kentucky, United States: the Tobacco District, West Street, 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Cyclone at Louisville, Kentucky, United States: the Tobacco District, West Street, 1890. 'The tornado, cyclone, or revolving hurricane that swept over parts of Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee on the 'night of March 27...was one of the most destructive on record. Many towns were struck by its fury; and we have as yet no computation of the number of houses and other dwellings entirely overthrown, or the loss of life and property. The large city of Louisville...suffered more than any other place...A section nearly one mile square, between Eighteenth-street, Broadway, Eleventh-street, and Main-street, which last is the principal street of trade and business, was traversed diagonally by the tornado, totally destroying about two hundred and fifty buildings, and killing nearly a hundred and fifty persons...The calamity would have been much worse in the business hours of the day, when Main-street, with its shops and warehouses, and the large tobacco-factories, were crowded with people. Eleven of the great leaf-tobacco warehouses are in ruins...Our Illustrations are from photographs by Messrs. Klauber, and by W. Stuber and Brother, of Louisville'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A57_311

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Droits gérés

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6,1Mo (916,7Ko) / 15,0cm x 10,2cm / 1777 x 1208 (300dpi)

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weather storm city building buildings destruction arts stormy country art warehouse warehouses British Kentucky death hurricane damage damaged location disaster debris rubble century Britain catastrophe tobacco newspapers press destructive print concept cyclone B&W extreme weather tornado engraved engraving United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W deaths Louisville nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper photograph united states Unknown débris 19th-century The Illustrated London News Edward Klauber Klauber Edward William Stuber Stuber William William G. Stuber Stuber William G. W. Stuber & Bro.