Photograph of the aftermath of the 1882 cyclone that destroyed much of the town of Grinnell. Broad Street is at left, and Seventh Avenue runs through the center of the image.
Title
Seventh Avenue and Broad Street after 1882 cyclone
Alternative Title
Cyclone of 1882
owner
Craver, Charles F.
Index Date
1882
photographed
1882
Publisher
Grinnell College
Note
The house (built 1872) on the southeast corner of the intersection belonged to Charles F. Craver. After the cyclone, the streets of Park, Main, and Broad were extended north.
Provenance
Gift of John Kleinschmidt, 1997
Topic
Architecture--United States
Topic
Disasters
Topic
Tornadoes
Geographic
Grinnell (Iowa)
Geographic
Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Temporal
Eighteen eighties
Related Item
John Kleinschmidt Collection
Related Item
Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Genre
Photographs
Extent
1 photograph, b&w, 22 x 17 cm
Media Type
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Language
English
Identifier (local)
grinnell:3293
Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.handle.net/11084/3293
Physical Location
Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Shelf Locator
MS 39, Series 3 Photographs, Box 2: Commercial
Access Condition
Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
