Freak hail storm hits Capitol. Washington, D.C., April 29. A freak rain storm, bringing down pellets of hail as large as moth balls, descended on the Capitol today. The hail pellets pierced cloth auto tops as if they were made of paper-mache. Rep. Pat Boland of Pennsylvania, House Whip, is pictured
- Date
- 1938-04-29
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 8,036 × 10,140 pixels
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"Freak hail storm hits Capitol. Washington, D.C., April 29. A freak rain storm, bringing down pellets of hail as large as moth balls, descended on the Capitol today. The hail pellets pierced cloth auto tops as if they were made of paper-mache. Rep. Pat Boland of Pennsylvania, House Whip, is pictured" (1938-04-29). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freak_hail_storm_hits_Capitol._Washington,_D.C.,_April_29._A_freak_rain_storm,_bringing_down_pellets_of_hail_as_large_as_moth_balls,_descended_on_the_Capitol_today._The_hail_pellets_pierced_LCCN2016873489.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 279794.
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