Hurricane Ft Crockett Aug 1915 Galveston, Texas – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Hurricane Ft Crockett Aug 1915 Galveston, Texas, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Destruction of 28th Infantry Camp, Fort Crockett, Tex. by hurricane of August 16-17, 1915
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Hurricane Ft Crockett Aug 1915 Galveston, Texas
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Galveston, Texas, in August 1915 was still recovering from the 1900 hurricane, which had killed thousands and led the city to build its seawall and raise its street grade. On August 16 and 17, 1915, another hurricane drove a storm surge across the island, damaging the Army post at Fort Crockett on the Gulf side and battering houses and wharves along the shore. Galveston was then one of the Gulf Coast's major cotton and grain shipping ports, so the storm also disrupted the rail and steamship traffic that moved goods through the harbor. Residents knew the 1915 storm as a second blow to a city whose prosperity rested on trade. The picture records the damage at the fort, a military post that shared the island's losses with its civilian neighbors.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | blandford, martin |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,294 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Destruction of 28th Infantry Camp, Fort Crockett, Tex. by hurricane of August 16-17, 1915 |
| Reference | TX Hurricane Ft Crockett Aug 1915 Galveston |
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