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Title	Xenia Green Vinyl Bookbag
Subject	Education Climate and Weather Bags (containers) Tornadoes Disasters
Place	Xenia (Ohio) Greene County (Ohio)
Description	This green vinyl bookbag with black woven handles is one of many that students used to transport books and supplies after the Xenia tornado of 1974. Four Xenia city schools were either destroyed or so severely damaged that students and teachers had to be temporarily relocated. Neighboring school districts generously offered the use of their facilities at the completion of their school day. This bag, which measures 14.75" x 14" (37.47 x 35.56 cm), was used by Ruth Anderson, a teacher at Shawnee School in Xenia. The Xenia tornado touched down at 4:30 p.m. on June 3, 1974, nine miles southwest of the city. It was the deadliest and most destructive of 148 tornadoes reported in 13 states on June 3 and 4. Thirty-two people were killed in the area between Xenia and Wilberforce University; 1,300 people were treated at Greene Memorial hospital and 85 were admitted for treatment from injuries sustained during the storm. Half the buildings in Xenia were damaged by the tornado and 300 homes were destroyed, mostly newer houses that did not have basements. Seven of twelve local schools were damaged or destroyed. Ohio Governor John Gilligan and President Richard Nixon toured the disaster area on Monday, April 8, 1974. National Guard troops assisted with the cleanup, and within a year nearly eighty percent of the homes and forty percent of businesses were rebuilt. By 1980, a shopping plaza, Xenia Towne Square, replaced a large block in the city's center.
Date of Original	1974
Collection	1974 Xenia Tornado Collection
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s) 98: 4-3
Submitting Institution	Greene County Historical Society
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Type	StillImage
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om2422_2334277_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2422_2334277_001.tif
Image Height	1835
Image Width	1714
File Size	814.261 KB

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