Tornado Damage to Elmire’s Restaurant in Meridian

This postcard contains an image of tornado damage done to Elmire’s Restaurant in Meridian, Mississippi. The image is undated, but was probably taken around 1906.

To see more postcard scenes of Mississippi cities and counties, visit the digital collection at http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ms_cities .

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