Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered and with the real stakes

and with the real stakes of winning one's opponents marbles for keeps

There are small chips in the surface on a handful of them

It is in overall fair condition

etc from around the world as well as a great collection of clothing

The key still works to open and close it easily

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered and with the real stakesWith a A little research I found a bit of information about the James. S. Shaff who took this photograph b. 1850, he had a photo studio in Seneca, KS from about 1885 1895, after which he became, according to census data, a band teacher in Oklahoma, and finally a farmer in New Mexico! Certainly there have been plenty of tornadoes in Kansas to document the effects of; I might guess the portrait of destruction here dates to 1895 in the aftermath of the