Palm Trees were about the only objects on the Pacific Island of Guam which bowed before Typhoon Karen without submitting to her 172 mph winds. The tall trees continue to sway gently in slight breezes, while all beneath them is wreckage and disaster.

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Title:
Palm Trees were about the only objects on the Pacific Island of Guam which bowed before Typhoon Karen without submitting to her 172 mph winds. The tall trees continue to sway gently in slight breezes, while all beneath them is wreckage and disaster.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Typhoons
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. November 1962]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Typhoons
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 208 x 226 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3t948s51v
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001587_0018
Barcode:
39999088103369