Automobile destroyed by tornado, Beecher, Michigan

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Description

View of a car destroyed by tornado that touched down in Beecher, a community near Flint, Michigan. Other damaged cars and a house in background. The tornado, which struck Genesee County, Michigan on June 8, 1953, is considered to be one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.

Details

Creator:: DeDominces, Thomas
Resource ID:: bh019888
Subject:: Tornado damage--Michigan--Beecher; Tornadoes--Michigan--Beecher; Automobiles--Michigan--Beecher; Photographers--Michigan--Beecher; Photographic prints
Date:: 1953-06
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: M/Localities-Flint-Tornado, 1953
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.