This is a very rare "colorized" glimpse of the damage in Murphysboro following the Tri-state tornado.  After the storm engineers from the University of Illinois came to both assess and study the damage. A portion of the work they conducted included making slides from pictures previously taken.  It is unclear if they colorized the slides using U of I staff or if that was handled by the Victor Animatograph Company.  Either way, this was a remarkable feat given the level of detail applied to each 2x3 inch slide!  These slides are now a part of our permant collection and are the only known colorized versions of the images they depict.