Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered and I think most likely

and I think most likely New England or Pennsylvania

including a wonderful butterfly-like upper case "X"

Trenton New Jersey

and with the real stakes of winning one's opponents marbles for keeps

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered and I think most likelyWith 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