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Earthquake of 1908, Messina, Italy: A poor woman's attempt to shelter her family – Antique Wall Art

Earthquake of 1908, Messina, Italy: A poor woman's attempt to shelter her family, c1909 July 22. — historic photograph
Earthquake of 1908, Messina, Italy: A poor woman's attempt to shelter her family, c1909 July 22.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A woman in a dark dress stands among rough debris and makeshift shelter, trying to make a roof for her family out of whatever the earthquake left behind. The stereograph records the aftermath of the December 28, 1908, earthquake that destroyed much of Messina and Reggio Calabria on the Strait of Messina, a disaster that killed well over 100,000 people. Stereo cards like this one were sold in large numbers to American and European viewers, so the scene reached homes far from Sicily as a lesson in how ordinary survivors coped with the loss.

Created / publishedc1909 July 22.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsJ130376 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 16824. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dwellings; Earthquakes--Italy--1908; Photog. I.; Italy--Messina--1908; Italy--S---1908; Geogr.; Refugees, Italian--1908; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,607 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146734

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