Monadnock Center for History and Culture/AP
Storm damage in Peterborough, N.H. during the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, Sept. 21, 1938.
Seventy-five years ago the hurricane was estimated to have killed between 682 and 800. It remains the most powerful and deadliest hurricane in recent New England history.
Leslie Jones/Boston Public Library/AP
A damaged ferry boat sits in shallow water in Providence, R.I., following the deadly hurricane of 1938 that hit the Northeast, September 1938.
Monadnock Center for History and Culture/AP
A man stands over debris in downtown Peterborough, N.H. after the Great New England Hurricane of 1938.
Leslie Jones/Boston Public Library/AP
Damaged boats line the New London, Conn., waterfront following the deadly hurricane of 1938, Sept. 1938.
Monadnock Center for History and Culture/AP
Flood waters in the center of town in Peterborough, N.H. during the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, Sept. 21, 1938.
Monadnock Center for History and Culture/AP
Flood waters in the center of town in Peterborough, N.H. during the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, Sept. 21, 1938.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
A farmer clears debris from the New England hurricane from a chicken house between Worcester and Amherst, Mass., 1938.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
An outhouse on Bay Shore in Providence, R.I. after a New England hurricane, 1938.
Marion Post Wolcott/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, N.H.
Marion Post Wolcott/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, N.H.
Stanley P. Mixon/Library of Congress
An exterior view showing a structure left damaged by the 1938 hurricane, Windham County, Conn., May 16, 1940.
Stanley P. Mixon/Library of Congress
An exterior view showing a structure left damaged by the 1938 hurricane, Windham County, Conn., May 16, 1940.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
Salvaging onions near Hadley, Mass., part of a collection of photos documenting hurricane damage in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, 1938.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
Apple orchard in Connecticut damaged by the New England hurricane, 1938.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
A barn damaged by the New England hurricane near Worcester, Mass., 1938.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
Tobacco barn in Connecticut damaged by the New England hurricane, 1938.
Dick Sheldon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress
Barn in Connecticut damaged by the New England hurricane, 1938.
