Joe Lommel Jr. was painting his father's tavern in Luxemburg and decided to a take a dip in nearby Beaver Lake. The message to his father says it all: "Too Hot Went to Lake."
Damaged and overturned flat cars are seen in foreground with surviving and damaged grain mill and freight storage buildings in background. This scene was captured after the cyclone of 1886.
View looking southwest towards the Mississippi River of uprooted and snapped trees amongst the debris following the cyclone of 1886. Surviving residences and buildings are also shown.