- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- 1893 Hurricane
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1893
- Subject:
- Hurricane damage
Hurricanes
Hurricanes--Georgia--Sea Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Tybee Island, 32.00022, -80.84567
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/png
- Description:
- Men along a flooded road after the 1893 hurricane hit Tybee. The storm devastated the barrier islands of Georgia and South Carolina, killing over 2,000 people and leaving more than 30,000 homeless.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/1893-sea-islands-hurricane/1893-hurricane_001
- Rights Holder:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Original Collection:
- Elizabeth B. Pittman Collection on Nichols, Baker, and Mongin Families.
https://7063.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AABC&record=cc3d3eaa-0009-4b78-8c20-c7d7c2c1aaef - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
