Description: REAL PHOTO POST CARD View of the MAY 9 1918 F4 Tornado Damage to CALMAR Iowa. This offering is a Calmar Home - damaged but likely was a survivor, probably still there in town, trees uprooted, roof and porch damaged, man pulling tree brances off, note the house roof was badly stripped of its wooden shingles. GREAT CHANCE for the local home owner to get a post tornado card of their home, if you know which house it is, let us or the homeowner know - such a treasure if it is your house! This is a nice AZO branded, unmailed RPPC - REAL PHOTO POST CARD of the MAY 9 1918 - F4 strength tornado - which was the combining of TWO tornados into one - hitting CALMAR IOWA and ripping the center of town to shreds. THE SMALL CALMAR MUSEUM HAS COPIES OF THE SAME AND SIMILAR CARDS IN ITS DISPLAY CASES. Excellent to Near Mint UNused shape. Typical corner rounding and edge wear, no major faults. A PDF of Weather Bureau Information can be found at http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/046/mwr-046-05-0230.pdf IF YOU LIVE NEAR CALMAR or can meet me there, can arrange to hand deliver cards instead of mailing - on my schedule, am in town every other week or so. FREE SHIPPING OR MEET AT MUSEUM IF YOU BUY 3 CARDS OR MORE of these TORNADO lots, see our other auctions for addition area cards, Spillville, Protivin, Decorah, West Union, Postville, Ossian, Elkader, Marquette - North McGregor, Mc Gregor, Fayette and most Every other NE Iowa town, even WAUKON JUNCTION! While we show all cards on the face of the listing page "used", check the actual descriptions. eBay forcing us to call a 100 year old card new - when it is actually NOS - which means New Old Stock - is silly, many are unmailed, but are unused. Card shape descriptions are done to the Post Card trade standards: Mint is hard to find; Near Mint has very little if any wear; Excellent allows some wear and minor soiling; Very Good is better than average; Good is basically average; Fair is to allow more wear than normal; Poor is obvious. We try to call out any tears, minor wrinkles are on most any card. Creased means has been folded or badly bent. Cut down cards are hardly ever sold by us, if so will be told as such. Repros - destroyed, unless historic value - life is just to short for cheats! Most old cards are about 3 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. FAST SHIPPING! FAST SHIPPING! 1000s of cards yet to be listed, and we are all over the Midwest and beyond most every week looking for more! NOTE: Colored border is to highlight cards & is NOT part of card! Be fair when placing feedback, if you are not used to grading, use the above as a guide. COLLECT HISTORIC POST CARDS! THANK YOU for your business. ALWAYS NEARLY 4,000 and MORE GREAT CARDS ON OUR EBAY STORE!! TO GET INTO OUR EBAY STORE..... Just Click on the little RED DOOR by our Feedback Number. WE WILL EARN YOUR 5 STAR FEEDBACK!!!! Great products, Proper descriptions, FAST shipping! Message us if you have a question. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Charles City, Iowa
End Time: 2024-02-16T14:23:40.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.51 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Region: Iowa
Country: USA
