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Subject Canton Tornado, 1878

1. Photo 337/3(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(35)
Title:
3. - Shameen looking towards Canal Road [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'The house shewn in this view is Messrs W. Pustau & Co.'s. It was in a peculiarly exposed position and its western wall about 2 or 3 feet in thickness was almost entirely demolished. The roof was completely stripped, and the boundary walls wer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 337/3(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(36)
Title:
4. - View from Canal Bridge looking north [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'Some idea of the force of the wind may be gleaned from this view. The embankment on the side of the Canal, which is built of stone and brick several feet in thickness, is stripped along its entire length, and what was once a mass of closely-packe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 337/3(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(37)
Title:
5. Canal Road [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'Canal Road is situated immediately opposite the Shameen, and here are to be found the shops in which European household stores are sold. Not one of these houses escaped unscathed, and by far the greater number were reduced to a heap of ruins. The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 337/3(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(38)
Title:
1. Shameen (Canton) South-Western end [after the tornado]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'This view represents a portion of the Shameen or foreign settlement at Canton at the point where the tornado first struck. The house on the left is the German Consulate; it is a very substantially built residence, and owing to this, the house esc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 337/3(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(39)
Title:
6. - Western suburbs of Canton looking south-east [after the tornado]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'This view, taken from a house in Chung Wah Street, about one mile north of Canal Road, gives a faint idea of the vast extent of the damage but shews the direction the tornado took. Shameen [the foreign settlement] can be seen peeping over the roo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 337/3(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(40)
Title:
7. - Western suburbs looking north [after the the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking over scene of devastation. Letterpress continues: 'Picture to yourself a busy hive of myriads of human beings herded together in closely-packed dwellings, bartering, bickering and blustering and going through the daily routine oof everyday life, in Canton, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 337/3(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(41)
Title:
8. - Western suburbs looking north [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'This view ranges over nearly the same scene as the preceding one, but extends further west. The picture speaks for itself.' Subjects = disasters; tornadoes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

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