Looking across St. Paul at the Lake Gervais cyclone.

Titles: Looking across St. Paul at the Lake Gervais cyclone. (Supplied title) Alternate Titles: Lake Gervais cyclone as seen from St. Paul, July 13th, 1890.

Dates

• 1890 (Creation)
• 07/13/1890 (Content)

Creation

• photographer: Fredricks & Koester

Identifiers

• Locator Number: QC2.51a p24 copy 4
• Accession Number: AV1984.264.1
• Negative Number: 3742

Restrictions

• Original image removed for preservation. Access to originals requires permission from the Sound & Visual Curator.

Notes

• Caption on verso: This "Chance Shot" of the Lake Gervais Cyclone was taken about 5 o'clock P.M., July 13th, 1890, from the West St. Paul Bluff, where the undersigned happened to be with his camera, taking views at the time of the disaster. As per County Map, the distance from point of observation, Cherokee Avenue and Ohio Street, to where the funnel-shaped cloud touched the earth, is full six miles, in a direct line a litte east of north. WM. F. Koester.

Holding Type: Photographs

Quantity: 1 photoprint

Format

• Content Category: photographs
• Format: photoprint
• Colorization: black and white
• Emulsion: gelatin silver
• Physical Support: paper on board

Measurements

• 5 inches height
• 8 inches width

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States

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