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August 2, 2012 01:51 pm PDT
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Tornado snapshot from 1943
My friend Randall de Rijk has an astounding collection of vintage vernacular snapshots. This is his latest acquisition, a photo of a tornado that hit the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley, Kansas, on May 15, 1943 at 3pm. "It did $175,000 in damage, destroying 41 buildings. It took 400 carpenters, working around the [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1YxybtqOJfQ/tornado-snapshot-from-1943.html
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