Hurricane of 1938

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1938-1939

Location Note

Boxes 10 and 11, Negatives 1704 - 1877

GUSN

GUSN-331217

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Description

\li-15This subseries contains glass plate and film negatives that depict the damage of the Hurricane of 1938. The negatives show a variety of New England regions, including New London, Connecticut, Newport, Rhode Island, and Falmouth, Massachusetts, among others. The images are mainly of destruction of coastal cities, piers, bridges, and boats.

Details

Descriptive Terms

negatives (photographic)

Physical Descrption

174 glass plate, nitrate, acetate, and nitrate or acetate negatives

Collection Code

PC053

Collection Name

Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

Reference Code

PC053.01.69

Record Details

Originator

Yankee Publishing Incorporated

Material Type

negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Sub-series

Location Note

Boxes 10 and 11, Negatives 1704 - 1877

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A Photographic Record of the New England Hurricane and Flood, 1938

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