Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card Israel especially for what it reveals

especially for what it reveals about the construction of this dress--made with near as much care as if constructing an actual one

) cup of hot chocolate from

I purchased her from a woman who found her is Perkiomenville

or for padlocking a box of precious tools

I'd be inclined to follow him too

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card Israel especially for what it revealsWith a A little research I found a bit of information about the James. S. Shaff who took this photograph b. 1850, he had a photo studio in Seneca, KS from about 1885 1895, after which he became, according to census data, a band teacher in Oklahoma, and finally a farmer in New Mexico! Certainly there have been plenty of tornadoes in Kansas to document the effects of; I might guess the portrait of destruction here dates to 1895 in the aftermath of the