[Rescue workers search for survivors at the Texas City Terminal building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Rescue workers search for survivors at the Texas City Terminal building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Date

  • Creation: 1947-04-16
  • Digitized: 2006

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content 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.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Subject

  • Keyword: Texas City Disaster, 1947
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Disasters - Texas - Texas City - 1947.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Industrial accidents - Texas - Texas City - 1947.
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Debris - Texas - Texas City - 1947
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Rescue workers - Texas - Texas City - 1947
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Explosions - Texas - Texas City - 1947
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Agriculture - Processing and Storage - Grain Elevators
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Grain elevators - Texas - Texas City - 1947
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Texas City Terminal Railway Joint Agency Building (Texas City, Tex.) - 1947.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Groups

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1947-04-16

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2006
    Code: SG06

Institution

  • Name: Moore Memorial Public Library
    Code: MMPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: ntbkb-056
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth11791

Note

  • Display Note: 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.
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL
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