Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered then more details of each

then more details of each

including a wonderful butterfly-like upper case "X"

to whom we all owe many gifts

The key still works to open and close it easily

It is in overall fair condition

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered then more details of eachWith 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