Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered to whom we all owe

to whom we all owe many gifts

Trenton New Jersey

It is in overall fair condition

and about 1/4 of an inch thick

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered to whom we all oweWith 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