May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 150

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(NATURAL DISASTER.) George Ring. Birds-Eye View of the Business Section of Dayton, Ohio. Sketched March 26, 1913. Looking East from Williams St. Now Being Rebuilt with Greater Rapidity and Vigor than Any Other Calamity in the History of the World. Large chromolithographed view showing downtown Dayton inundated by water, debris, and flames following the catastrophic failure of the town's levee system after days of significant rainfall. Damages were estimated at 100 million (in 1913 dollars), with approximately 20,000 homes destroyed and over 300 lives lost. 21x28 inches sheet size, wide margins; various creases, tears, and small abrasions. Dayton: Kling Litho, 1913
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