Nine 1902 Cabinet Cards Of Tornado Damage In Greenmount Cemetery Quincy Illinois

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

1902. A dramatic series of cabinet photos showing the destruction caused by the 1902 tornado, with a “Before the storm” image showing how lovely the grounds had been. The cemetery originally Green Mound Cemetery was founded in 1875 and expanded rapidly as a garden landscape cemetery. On the evening of October 12, 1902 a tornado struck, almost destroying the cemetery. It was reported that “No part of the cemetery escaped the fury of the violent winds. Of the hundreds of soft

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