This cabinet card shows one of the oldest photos ever captured of a tornado. The photo was taken on August 28, 1884, and depicts one of several strong tornados that formed in the Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) that day.
![A black and white photo of a tornado with multiple vortices, one in the center, which reaches to the ground and a smaller one on either side which do not reach the ground. (Image credit: South Dakota State Historical Society) A black and white photo of a tornado with multiple vortices, one in the center, which reaches to the ground and a smaller one on either side which do not reach the ground.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2024-03/Tornado1884Vault.jpg?h=920929c4&itok=TPF_ihGq)
A cabinet card of one of the earliest known photos of a tornado. It was taken 22 miles southwest of Howard, South Dakota on August 28, 1884 by photographer F.N. Robinson. (Image credit: South Dakota State Historical Society)