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[Collapsed building from Waco Tornado]

Description: Photo of a collapsed building resulting from the Waco tornado of 1953. Austin, Texas.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Debris on street from Waco Tornado]

Description: Photo of debris in street from the Waco tornado, 1953. Austin, Texas.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Destroyed buildings after Waco Tornado]

Description: Photograph of partially-demolished buildings along south 5th Street in downtown Waco, Texas after a tornado, looking north. A tall building is still standing at the end of the street (left) and a sign is partially visible for the Roosevelt Hotel on the right side of the image. There are work vehicles in the street.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Location: 31.556444 -97.131531
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People among debris after Waco tornado]

Description: People in uniform in a group among destroyed buildings at night.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of First Methodist Church in Waco, Texas]

Description: Photograph of First Methodist Church (formerly the Fifth Street Methodist Church) in Waco, Texas. The church building was designed by W. C. Dodson. The church tower and steeple received major damage in the Waco tornado of 1953. The brick on one side of the tower shows where the bricks were replaced.
Date: September 1962
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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