- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Destruction of the Gainesville Business District
- Date of Original:
- 1936-04
- Subject:
- Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville
Natural disasters--Georgia--Gainesville
Buildings--Natural disaster effects--Georgia--Gainesville
Rubble--Georgia--Gainesville
Central business districts--Georgia--Gainesville
Spring Street (Gainesville, Ga.)
Whitfield's (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:
- Digitized reproduction of a photograph showing the stores of downtown Gainesville in ruins after the April 6, 1936 tornado. The business shown in this photograph is probably Whitfield's "Ladies Ready to Wear" located on West Spring Street.
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0122) 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_0122
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0122
- 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 17 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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