[Rescue workers search for survivors at the Texas City Terminal building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
| Description: | A group of approximately 25 men are standing on a huge pile of debris near the grain elevator, looking through rubble. Metal girders, wooden beams and assorted debris is piled at least ten foot high. What appears to have been the roof structure of a building has collapsed on top of vehicles. Parts of at least two vehicles can be seen in the debris-- one on the far right has been crushed under the collapsed structure and on the one on the far left has been overturned with its wheels in the air. |
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| Creator: | Unknown |
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| Creation Date: | 1947-04-16 |
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Moore Memorial Public Library
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| Collection(s): |
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
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| Original Creation Date: | 1947-04-16 | |
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| Description: | A group of approximately 25 men are standing on a huge pile of debris near the grain elevator, looking through rubble. Metal girders, wooden beams and assorted debris is piled at least ten foot high. What appears to have been the roof structure of a building has collapsed on top of vehicles. Parts of at least two vehicles can be seen in the debris-- one on the far right has been crushed under the collapsed structure and on the one on the far left has been overturned with its wheels in the air. |
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This photograph is captioned: "Wreckage of Texas City Terminal Railway Joint Agency Building." in Texas City Remembers compiled by Elizabeth Lee Wheaton, published by The Naylor Company in San Antonio, Texas, c1948. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
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| Language: | English | |
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| Keyword(s): | Texas City Disaster, 1947 | | |
| Partner: |
Moore Memorial Public Library
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| Collection: |
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
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| Resource Type: | Photograph | |
| Format: | Image | |
