The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 - September 21, 1938, will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept New England in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of dollars and the homeless counted to hundreds of thousands. The remendous fury of the wind left behind destruction, destitution and utter ruin.
Item Type: Postcard - Printed, Chrome
Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: Tichnor Brothers, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Date:
Postmark: Not postally used.
Subject, Railroad: The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Item Owner: Matthew D. Cosgro
NCS Collection ID: 9304000186
Added: 1/18/2021