Jeff Boyne, NWS La Crosse, WI
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If you have your own pictures of the Armistice Day Storm (November 11-12, 1940), and/or its aftermath and would like them added to this webpage, please send them to the National Weather Service via e-mail at Jeff.Boyne@noaa.gov or via regular mail at N2788 County Rd. FA, La Crosse, WI 54601-3038.
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| Watkins, Minnesota Photographer: John McNab |
Aftermath of Blizzard in Watkins, MN Source: Minnesota Historical Society |
Building on fire during or soon after the blizzard. Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
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| Clearing snow after blizzard in Madison, MN Source: Minnesota Historical Society |
Clearing snow after blizzard in Madison, MN Source: Minnesota Historical Society |
Madison, MN after the Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minnesota Historical Society |
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| Train derailed during blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Aerial view showing railroad snowplow clearing tracks following blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Aerial view of farm from the Armistice Day blizzard. Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
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| Car stuck in snow during Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Snowplow and men with shovels attempting to clear road after the Armistice Day blizzard. Source: Minnesota Historical Society |
Cars stuck in snow during Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
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| Cars on and off the road during Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minnesota Historical Society |
Car at Portland Avenue before Minnehaha Parkway in Minneapolis following Armistice Day blizzard Photographer: Robert Travis Keagle |
Car between snow banks following Armistice Day blizzard in Minneapolis |
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| People and cars on the street in Minneapolis during Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Women walking on Minneapolis sidewalk during Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
A few of the hunters who died in the storm Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
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| Clearing snow out of Memorial Stadium following blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Blizzard scene in front of State Theater in Hibbing, MN Photographer: Al Heitman |
Aftermath of blizzard in Hibbing, MN Photographer: Al Heitman |
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| Aftermath of blizzard in Hibbing, MN Photographer: Al Heitman |
Aftermath of blizzard in Hibbing, MN Photographer: Al Heitman |
Streetcars in downtown Minneapolis during blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
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| Women in temporary shelter during blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Woman on skis after the blizzard. Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
Streetcar in Armistice Day blizzard Source: Minneapolis Star Journal |
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| Charles F. Dare, age 18, shoveling out the Sherburne County Star News delivery truck in Elk River, MN after the Armistice Day blizzard. | |||
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| Draper, South Dakota Source: Library of Congress (Photographer: John Vachon) |
Draper, South Dakota Source: Library of Congress (Photographer: John Vachon) |
Lyman County, South Dakota Source: Library of Congress (Photographer: John Vachon) |
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