Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered or just prop somewhere

or just prop somewhere

and about 1/4 of an inch thick

and I think most likely New England or Pennsylvania

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

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

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered or just prop somewhereWith 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