Tornado of 1938

Description:

Sepia photograph of piles of brick and lumber that once made up homes on Fiddlers Green. Two tornadoes struck the penninsula on the morning of September 29 with three additional twisters also hitting James Island, Sullivan's Island and the outlying areas.
Paine noted on reverse, "Fiddlers Green where the west Tornado struck first 9/29/38 8:07am. 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 3403

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