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Original May 1890 Louisville Kentucky Tornado Souvenir
Issued with the compliments of Glover and Durrett Louisville Tobacco Warehouse located on Main Street between Ninth and Tenth in Louisville Kentucky.
This scarce illustrated advertising and disaster souvenir was produced shortly after the devastating Louisville tornado of March 27 1890. The decorative cover device reads Souvenir Tornado May 1890.
Pen drawings were created from photographs and the booklet was printed by John P Morton and Company of Louisville Kentucky.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
Title shown Souvenir Tornado May 1890
Issued by Glover and Durrett Louisville Tobacco Warehouse
Proprietors Henry Glover and John C Durrett
Location Main Street between Ninth and Tenth Louisville Kentucky
Printer John P Morton and Company Louisville Kentucky
Date May 1890
Format Illustrated advertising and historical souvenir booklet
Binding Original stapled printed card wrappers
Size Approximately 6 1/4 by 9 inches
Pages At least 16 numbered pages
Illustrations Pen drawings based on contemporary photographs
Signature Not signed
ISBN None
Dust Jacket Not applicable
CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Louisville Tobacco Warehouse before the tornado
Glover and Durrett warehouse on Main Street
Main Street looking east from Eleventh Street on the morning after the tornado
Remains of Union Depot at Seventh Street and the river
Wrecked buildings rail equipment horse drawn wagons tobacco barrels and tornado debris
Contemporary commentary about the destruction loss of life rebuilding efforts and the reopening of Glover and Durretts tobacco business
Information about Louisville tobacco growers shippers warehouse storage and sales
COLLECTIBLE FEATURES
Original 1890 Louisville disaster ephemera
Produced only weeks after the tornado
Multiple detailed Louisville architectural and street scenes
Union Depot railroad history
Kentucky tobacco warehouse advertising
Printed by noted Louisville firm John P Morton and Company
Strong crossover appeal for collectors of Kentucky history natural disasters railroad memorabilia tobacco advertising Victorian printing and Louisville ephemera
CONDITION
Good minus antique condition with visible age and handling wear.
The card wrappers show overall toning uneven discoloration scattered soiling moisture or liquid staining surface rubbing edge wear small chips short tears rounded corners shallow creasing and minor paper loss at the lower left corner. Circular stains are visible near portions of the upper edges.
Interior pages have moderate age toning scattered spots minor stains light edge wear slight waviness small corner bends and occasional handling marks. Faint pencil or graphite notations appear on one illustrated page.
The original staples remain visible and the photographed pages appear attached although the binding shows age and some weakness. No tape repairs library stamps large interior tears or removed illustrations are visible in the supplied photographs.
Page 16 is shown. Every page has not been individually photographed or counted so absolute completeness is not guaranteed. Please examine all photographs carefully because they are an important part of the condition description.
A scarce and historically important piece of Louisville Kentucky history documenting the March 27 1890 tornado through contemporary text and illustrations.
The exact booklet shown is the item you will receive.
