Funerals of victims after the tornado
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| Type: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Title: | Funerals of victims after the tornado |
| Date: | 1936 |
| Description: | Funerals of victims after the tornado, 1936. Two hundred and ten dead Gainesvillians were revered at rites for the nameless in a memorial service symbolized in the double funeral of an unknown boy and girl. Services were held in the storm-scarred First Methodist Church, which was used as an emergency hospital after the disaster. Two thousand people, some of whom were bereaved relatives of storm victims, attended the mass tribute to the dead. Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0514) Gainesville, Georgia." Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc. Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. Photo Courtesy: Atlanta Journal Gainesville Eagle: April 16, 1936. |
| Subjects: | First United Methodist Church (Gainesville, Ga.) | Funeral service--Georgia--Gainesville | Memorial service--Georgia--Gainesville | Mass casualties--Georgia--Gainesville | Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville | Hall County (Ga.) | Gainesville (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | Hall County Library System (Ga.) |
| Online Publisher: | [Gainesville, Ga. : Hall County Library System], 2001 |
| Original Material: | 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm. | Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection. |
| Rights and Usage: | Cite as: [Name of photograph], Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0514 |
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