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

held stable by the wrap

This is the largest of these traditional Scandanavian wrapped birch bark boxes I've ever seen at 5 1/2" inches long

And yellow glazed inside

or for padlocking a box of precious tools

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