Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered including a wonderful butterfly-like upper

including a wonderful butterfly-like upper case "X"

and with the real stakes of winning one's opponents marbles for keeps

and I think most likely New England or Pennsylvania

or just prop somewhere

Kansas Tornado Aftermath, J.S. Shaff c. 1890s Cabinet Card bark covered including a wonderful butterfly-like upperWith a A little research I found a bit of information about the James. S. Shaff who took this photograph b. 1850, he had a photo studio in Seneca, KS from about 1885 1895, after which he became, according to census data, a band teacher in Oklahoma, and finally a farmer in New Mexico! Certainly there have been plenty of tornadoes in Kansas to document the effects of; I might guess the portrait of destruction here dates to 1895 in the aftermath of the