- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Local and volunteer workers cleaning up streets on day of storm
- Date of Original:
- 1936-04-06
- Subject:
- Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville
Natural disasters--Georgia--Gainesville
Buildings--Natural disaster effects--Georgia--Gainesville
Rubble--Georgia--Gainesville
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Streets--Georgia--Gainesville
Disaster relief--Georgia--Gainesville
Volunteers--Gainesville--Georgia
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--Officials and employees
United States. Works Progress Administration--Officials and employees
Police--Georgia--Gainesville
Fire fighters--Georgia--Gainesville
Riverside Military Academy
Public Square (Gainesville, Ga.)
Washington Street (Gainesville, Ga.)
American Legion (Gainesville, Ga.)
Estes (Gainesville, Ga.)
Millner's (Gainesville, Ga.)
Rhodes Wood (Gainesville, Ga.)
Stores, Retail--Georgia--Gainesville
Roses 5, 10, 25 Cents Store (Gainesville, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Local and volunteer workers cleaning up streets on day of storm, April 6, 1936. Photograph showing a view of West Washington Street, off the Gainesville Public Square, after the tornado of April 6, 1936. Five CCC companies, 700 WPA workers, Legionnaires, policemen, and firemen from over the state, and officers and cadets from Riverside Military Academy, as well as numerous other volunteers, helped with the clean-up. The following buildings are visible in the photograph: George P. Estes, Darnell's, Roses 5, 10, 25 Cents Store, Millner's, and Rhodes-Wood Furniture.
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0099) Gainesville, Georgia."
Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc.
Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hall_hchp_0099
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0099
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Name of photograph], Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 16 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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