Galveston - Scenes from the Great Storm of 1900

An assistant of Thomas Edison filmed this panorama of Galveston's Orphan Home. It was massively damaged by the Great Storm of 1900.

All but three boys, who had not been tied together, died in the hurricane.

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Original film by the Edison Company, online courtesy Library of Congress.

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