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Galveston's Awful Calamity - Gulf Tidal Wave. September 8th 1900.
Object Details
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Date
1900
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Object Type
Prints
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Medium
Chromolithograph
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Dimensions
18 5/8 x 25 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
u.l.: DRAYS EMPLOYED CARRYING THE BODIES TO BARGES FOR BURIAL IN THE GULF
u.r.: 2650 DEAD BODIES BURRIED IN THE GULF
l.l.: LOSS OF LIFE ABOUT 7000. PROPERTY LOSS ABOUT 20,000,000 DOL. \ SHOOTING GHOULS, FOUND DESPOILING THE DEAD
l.c.: VIEW OF RUINS, AVENUE "L" WEST. RUINS OF SACRED HEART CHURCH, COR 13' & BROADWAY. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH RUINS, COR. 22' & WINNIE ST'S.
l.l.: COPYRIGHTED 1900 BY KURZ & ALLISON, 267-269 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. \ BODIES INCINERATED IN LIEU OF BURIAL.
Verso:
BILL ALLEN \ 1962 \ [circled in graphite] NATICK MASS
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
1978.40
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Copyright
Public domain
Additional details
Location: Off view
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