Drury College Yearbook, “Sou’wester 1908.” Springfield, Missouri. Measures 10.75” X 8” inches. Gray boards with red ¼ with silver text and red pressed illustration of what appears to be a cannon. Yearbook includes class and faculty rosters and photos, lists of organizations and committees, student literature, illustrations and songs. The.....
Missouri tornado aftermath photographs recording the destruction of named rural homes, barns, and outbuildings in the wake of the May 9, 1927 storm, a direct local record of how one of the most destructive tornado days of the late 1920s was experienced at the level of individual families and farm.....
St. Louis tornado photo archive depicting urban destruction after the September 29, 1927 tornado, with collapsed houses, torn-open brick buildings, wrecked automobiles, and streets filled with debris. The storm cut across St. Louis and into Illinois, killing nearly eighty people and damaging hundreds of city blocks. The scenes emphasize what.....
