- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Destruction caused by the 1936 tornado
- Date of Original:
- 1936-04
- Subject:
- Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville
Natural disasters--Georgia--Gainesville
Buildings--Natural disaster effects--Georgia--Gainesville
Rubble--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Destruction caused by the 1936 tornado. Photograph taken after the tornado. The path of the tornado of April 6, 1936 began at the foot of West Washington Street and went through the valley between Washington and West Broad. Nothing was left standing in that area. It then swept across the business district destroying the Courthouse. It veered eastward through a residential section and then traveled on to New Holland.
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0140) 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_0140
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0140
- 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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