Tornado of 1938

Description:

Sepia photograph showing piles of debris and an overturned house in Fiddlers Green caused by two tornadoes that struck the penninsula on the morning of September 29. Three additional twisters would also hit James Island, Sullivan's Island and the outlying areas.
Paine noted on reverse, "Along the path of the west Tornado - mostly wrecks were left for a mile and a half. 9/29/38 8:07 am. Fiddlers Green Photo by M.B. Paine."

• Title: Tornado of 1938
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: September 29, 1938

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 3413

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  • Destruction of property
  • Natural disasters
  • Tornadoes