April 13, 2026
Tag: South Florida Hurricane
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The Worst Hurricane You Never Heard Of
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The South Florida Hurricane happened in September 1928. Calvin Coolidge was the occupant of the Oval Office. The weather bureau had been working at forecasting dangerous storms for more than fifty years, but their most useful tools were that of educated observation and data comparison to the statistics of past events. “Accurate” was hardly part…
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April 27, 2023 3 Comments
Real-photo postcards are primary source historical records. They are the next best thing to seeing the subject with your own eyes. In some places in the American west the postcards made by itinerant photographers are the only records still available. Johnson, Arizona, is one such place.