Search Results
- IDNO:
- 040840
- Title:
- Shinnston Tornado Aftermath; Harrison Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944
- Description:
- Debris on Pleasant Hill, the area hit hardest by the tornado.
- IDNO:
- 040841
- Title:
- Shinnston Tornado Aftermath; Harrison Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944
- Description:
- Destruction caused by the deadliest tornado in West Virginia's history.
- IDNO:
- 040842
- Title:
- Shinnston Tornado Aftermath; Harrison Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944
- Description:
- Home ripped in half from the tornado in Shinnston. The deadliest tornado to hit West Virginia in history.
- IDNO:
- 040845
- Title:
- Group Portrait of Local Baseball Team, Marion or Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1931
- Description:
- None of the subjects are identified.
- IDNO:
- 040846
- Title:
- Campbell's Shoe Store, Fairmont, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1913
- Description:
- Most likely the couple is W. Benton and Edna Campbell, owners of the shoe store, posing in front of their business located at 318 Main Street in Fairmont.
- IDNO:
- 040847
- Title:
- Surveying Damage at Filling Station from Tornado, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944
- Description:
- People observe the ruins including a gas pump and cases of unbroken bottles of pop.
- IDNO:
- 040848
- Title:
- Destruction from Deadly Tornado, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944/06
- Description:
- A seemingly untouch automobile sits among the debris of a destroyed structure.
- IDNO:
- 040849
- Title:
- Remains of Homes After Tornado, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944/06
- Description:
- Debris of destroyed family homes and their contents.
- IDNO:
- 040850
- Title:
- Horse Sheltered Among Tornado Wreckage, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944/06
- Description:
- This horse was a suvivor of the deadliest tornado in the history of West Virginia. Note the saddles still resting on the rack.
- IDNO:
- 040851
- Title:
- Survivors of Deadly Tornado, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944/06
- Description:
- Among the survivors of the tornado was a horse, paddocked in what's left of a barn and an automobile parked in the debris.
- IDNO:
- 040852
- Title:
- Shinnston Area Leveled by Tornado, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1944/06
- Description:
- Structures destroyed by the deadliest tornado in West Virginia history. 103 people were killed.