Photo Sequence 2
The Dallas Public
Library's Texas/Dallas History and Archives section possesses a
number of photographs of the tornado and its aftermath, including a
particularly interesting sequence of a dozen images taken from near
the intersection of Mockingbird Ln. and Harry Hines Blvd. at the site
of the later-to-be-built Exchange Park (now UT Southwestern Medical
Center's Bass Center). Although classroom teachers and students may
have the photos for free, everyone else, including non-commercial
educational Web sites such as this one, must pay $24 a pop. Perhaps
the library would forgive me at least part of the $288 for having
identified the specific vantage point of the photographer,
information they do not appear to possess.
Meanwhile, the
sequence can be found on the library's Web site. First go here
(will open in a new window). Enter “1957 Dallas tornado”
(minus the quotes) in the search box and click the "Anywhere"
buton. A list containing 35 tornado-related photographs will come up.
The photo sequence mentioned above is comprised of numbers 9–20.
The sequence starts
out looking south (9-13), then southwest (14-19), and finally west
(20). It begins with the tornado probably entering Vilbig St. (9)
[N-O];
documents an impressive amount of destruction while following it
along and beyond Vilbig (10-12) [O]
to where it briefly becomes a sort
of mesocyclonic version of a waterspout over the Trinity River (13)
[P],
which was running levee-to-levee; tracks it from there into and
through Arlington Park (14 - 19) [Q]
with more destruction very evident;
and ends at the point where it is on Harry Hines near the Anson Rd
intersection (20) [R].
(More thanks to Trevor
Henderson for invaluable assistance in identifying the photographer's
otherwise unspecified location.)
Last updated 5 August, 2018