Here Was A House - A floor littered with wreckage and children's toys was all the tornado left at this spot in Holden where a couple and their nine-year-old daughter were injured.

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Title:
Here Was A House - A floor littered with wreckage and children's toys was all the tornado left at this spot in Holden where a couple and their nine-year-old daughter were injured.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Tornados: Worcester, June 9, 1953 - Misc.
Photographer:
Hoyt, George (Photographer)
Name on Item:
George Hoyt
Date:
[ca. June 1953]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Tornadoes
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Worcester
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 184 x 230 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/td96p466s
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Holden. Mother, father + 9 yr old daughter crouched in foreground as wind lifted whole house from around them. All 3 in hosp.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001578_0009
Barcode:
39999088103369