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Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of wreckage after a tornado. In the background, there is a destroyed car and building.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of an electric pole destroyed by a tornado. In the background, there are two parked cars, a destroyed house, and other wreckage.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of a stadium destroyed by a tornado. In the foreground, there is a field of wreckage and puddles of water. In the background, there is a set of bleachers.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of a windmill destroyed by a tornado. Debris is surrounding the windmill. Amongst the debris, there is a couch, wooden chair, and a reclining chair.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of wreckage caused by a tornado. In the foreground, there is a leaning wire fence amongst the debris. In the background, there is a destroyed house.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of wreckage after a tornado. In the foreground, there is scattered debris and a puddle of water. In the background, there are damaged houses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of a group of police officers on the side of a road after a tornado. Some of the officers are standing, and others are sitting on motorcycles. Behind them are parked cars. In the background, there is wreckage from the tornado.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of wreckage after a tornado. In the foreground, there is a road with cars parked along the sides. In the background, there is a field of debris.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of a group of people standing outside after a tornado. A group of men are standing in the foreground. Behind them, there is a car that says "The Salvation Army Odessa, Texas" on the side; the car's back and side doors are open. A group of women, men, and children are standing at the back of the car. Wreckage from the tornado is surrounding the group.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of a building destroyed by a tornado. Some of the walls of the building are still standing. Two men are standing inside of it. In the foreground, there is a row of lawn chairs along a fence; part of the fence is destroyed.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of an unidentified woman surrounded by debris after a tornado.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of wreckage after a tornado. Amongst the wreckage is a destroyed mobile home. In the background, there are two men and a boy.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of a group of people in a gymnasium after a tornado. A group of women and men are standing behind a row of tables with paper cups and metal containers on it. In the foreground, a group of men are sitting in school desks. In the background, there is a long rack of clothing, and a basketball hoop above it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Nurses After the Tornado in Knox City]

Copy negative of a group of five women nurses standing outside of a building. The nurses are wearing uniforms consisting of a hat and dress with a Red Cross symbol. A soldier is standing behind the nurses. In the background, there are two Red Cross flags hanging from the building; a sign in one of the windows says "Tax [Office] Hours 8 to 5 Saturday 8-12."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of two women sitting on bleachers after a tornado. One woman is wearing a military uniform, and is holding and feeding a baby. The other woman is standing above her holding a sign that says "American Red Cross Disaster Relief Headquarters." In the foreground, there are two school desks.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of a group of people in an unidentified building after a tornado. Two women, one wearing a nurse uniform, are sitting at a table with a sign hanging from it that says "Registration." In the background, there are men standing, and men and women wearing military uniforms sitting in bleachers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of a group of people in an unidentified building after a tornado. Three women are sitting at a table in the foreground; two of the women are wearing Red Cross uniforms. A sign hanging from the table says "Registration." Behind them, a man is holding a sign that says "Clothing," and a woman is holding up a sign that says "First Aid." In the background, there are people sitting in bleachers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of a group of women nurses outside of an unidentified building. In the foreground, one nurse is standing beside a car that says "America Red Cross Bexar County Chapter" on the door. In the background, there are five nurses and one woman standing behind a truck with its back doors open; the truck says "Canteen Service" and "American Red Cross Bexar County Chapter" on the side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of the aftermath of a tornado in Knox City. There are piles of wood that appear to be from a dismantled home to the left. A small car is in the midst of the debris.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of the damage a tornado has done to a home in Knox City. There are pieces and piles of wood surrounding what is left of the home.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of a tornado's damage to homes in Fort Knox. The roof of one of the houses is missing. There are two small sheds that have damage on both sides of the house. There is debris strewn about the grass in front of the house. A puddle of water can be seen in the foreground.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of wreckage caused by a tornado. In the foreground, there is a road surrounded by debris and broken trees. In the background, there are damaged houses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Photograph of four women, a child, and a man standing amongst wreckage cause by a tornado. In front of the group, there is a mattress and bed frame. Behind the group, there is a destroyed house. In the background, there are damaged houses.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornado in Knox City

Copy negative of three women and two men standing amongst wreckage caused by a tornado. In the background, there are destroyed houses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History