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| Title | Wreckage of a bridge and car from causeway collapse |
| Creator | Frazier, Rex Dunbar [photographer]
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| Description | Wrecked semaphore bridge, pipe, poles, and car caught on the causeway during its hurricane caused collapse. |
| Caption | From scrapbook: "Wrecked semaphore bridge, pipe, poles. Car caught on Causeway during collapse (occupants made it to VA Pt. signal tower and survived)" |
| Date | 1915? |
| Genre | black-and-white photographs
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| Subject.Topical (AAT) | natural disasters
hurricanes
automobiles
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| Subject.Topical (TGM) | Debris
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| Subject.Topical (Local) | Drifting/Damage
Causeway/Temporary Trestle
Interurban Railroad
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| Subject (Geographic) | Virginia Point, Texas
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| Original Collection | Galveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs, 1915 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=295 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Original Item Location | ID 1997-002, Box 1997-002, Folder 52 |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please use the citation: "Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries." To order a higher resolution reproduction, see http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections-archives/request-digital |
| File name | ghp087-cc.tif |
| Digital Collection | reformatted digital |
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