The Snapshots in Time Collection

Hurricane-Felled Woodland, Nashua, New Hampshire, September 1938

Hurricane-Felled Woodland, Nashua, New Hampshire, September 1938

A tangle of felled trees fills this September 1938 photograph taken in the woods near Nashua, New Hampshire. The devastation seen here reflects the scale of forest destruction wrought by the Great New England Hurricane, which toppled an estimated two billion trees across the region in a matter of hours. Project: 218314