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The Martinique disaster

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Description: An album containing photographs documenting scenes of devastation and destruction caused by the 1902 eruption of the Mount Pelee volcano on the French island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles; ruins of the towns; people picking through the rubble; charred remains of the victims.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1902.
Call number: photCL 392
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thorne, May 1994.
Dimensions: album 20 x 27 x 2 cm
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The Martinique disaster

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