Cape Girardeau Tornado of 1949 Photographs
Scope and Contents
Images (14) primarily consist of seriously damaged homes, but also include other structures. The locations are identified by business name, the last name of the home’s resident, or by street address. The photos have been arranged into businesses, identified personal residences, and then street address.
Dates
- Creation: 1949 May
Rights Statement
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Biographical / Historical
In May of 1949, twenty-seven tornados touched down in Cape Girardeau causing $13,000,000.00 in damage. The largest tornado touched down on May 21, causing more damage than the other tornados combined.
Extent
1 folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Images of tornado damage of various homes and businesses around Cape Girardeau Mo.
Provenance
University Archives. Removed from the University Photographs collection.
- Title
- Cape Girardeau Tornado of 1949 Photographs 1949 May
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amber Miranda
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
One University Plaza, MS 4600
Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701 United States
5736512245
semoarchives@semo.edu