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[Rescue workers and firefighters at the docks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Rescue workers and firefighters search the wreckage near the docks after the explosions. Large pieces of ship's hull lie along the shore. Large pieces of debris are submerged or floating in the bay. A boat is moored nearby further down the dock, with a man standing watch on the top deck. Two men stand at the far right looking at the pieces of ship's hull on the left. Pieces of twisted metal frameworks from dock warehouses are clearly visible amid the debris.
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Rescue workers check through debris after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Rescue workers search through debris near a multi-storied building which has been destroyed. (This building is probably the Monsanto building.) Only the metal framework remains of much of the building, and twisted and bent metal is very visible on the front top section of the building. A group of men are examining a section of railroad track which has been damaged. Metal and wooden debris is widely scattered. On the left side of the photograph, an ambulance is parked with back doors open. R… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Rescue workers gather to help after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A large number of disaster relief and rescue workers gather outside a large building with visible window damage. Some individuals are in uniform, some wearing medical coats, some in hard hats, and some wearing civilian clothing. A canvas-covered truck stands surrounded by workers. Boxes, containers, milk jugs, water bottles and crates of supplies are stacked or scattered around the area. At the right, a pickup truck with a rolled mattress in the back is parked near the group of workers. In … more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Rescue workers holding a stretcher near an ambulance after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Four men holding a stretcher stand in front of an ambulance with its back doors open. The ambulance has a large medical cross painted on the side. A man in uniform stands near one side of the back doors, and four other military personnel stand near the right rear of the ambulance. One of the Army personnel has the medic armband on his left arm. Debris is scattered all over, and a fire hose runs near the men. In the background large pieces of debris and a three-story building with windows bl… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Rescue workers recover a body from the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Seven men climb over wooden and metal debris carrying an unidentified body. Two men in the foreground on the left, and another man behind on the right, are watching. Large pieces of metal and wooden debris litter the ground. Cars are parked behind the men, with windows broken or blown out. On the bottom of the picture is the caption "Texas City Disaster, April 16, 1947".
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Rescue workers take a break during the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A group of approximately 15 rescue workers gather around an American Red Cross truck serving coffee and food. Two Red Cross workers, one in Red Cross uniform and one with a nurses cap on, set out a thermos and food on a drop down counter. Some of the men wear hard hats, some wear civilian hats. Two of the hard hats have letters on the front - the letters "M.F." are distinguishable as the first two letters.
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Rescue workers taking a break after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two rescue workers stand near the open back end of a Red Cross canteen truck take a break from rescue efforts for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Three Red Cross workers can be seen inside the vehicle which is stacked with cartons of food and drink and a mini-kitchen. A man stands outside the vehicle on the right side. Behind him, debris, railroad freight cars and the grain elevator are visible. On the far left in the background is a large cloud of dark smoke and metal debris.
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Residential damage after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A view of damaged houses at Bay St. & 2nd Ave. N. (per note on back of print). At least five houses are visible with heavy roof and wall damage. One house in the left foreground has collapsed. Across from that house on the nearer side of the street sits a car. Near the car, two sections of boards nailed together are propped up with by a board at the corner of the street. A child sits in front of the wooden sections looking out at the damage. A large glass jug sits behind the wooden sectio… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Review of the Second Battalion U.S. Engineers stationed at Texas City]

Description: Numerous rows of mounted soldiers in full uniform and bearing unit standards ride down a field in formal review formation. On the far left, on the side of the field, two individuals stand watching. At least one of the two people watching is in civilian clothing. The top portion of a text caption is visible at the bottom of the image reading: Review of the Second Battalion U. S. Engineers stationed at Texas City.
Date: [1913..1915]
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[A ruined storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A flat-bed truck, with its windshield blow out, sits alongside the remains of a storage tank that has been destroyed. A large pile of wooden and metal debris is heaped in front of the crushed walls of the tank. On the right, in the distance, two receding lines of power utility poles and other storage tanks can be seen. The top of the print has a handwritten note in ink reading "Texas City Disaster Photograph."
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Ruins of a warehouse and large fragments of ship hull after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two railroad tracks separated by a dirt road run horizontally across the foreground of the photograph. A utility pole with damaged wires dangling stands on the far side of the road. Beyond the tracks is a pile of very large pieces of twisted metal debris, apparently the fragments of a shattered hull of a ship. Beyond that are at least a dozen men scattered outside a large, two-story, heavily damaged building. Two cranes, a truck with a hoist at the rear, and a bulldozer are sitting in front… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Ruins of a warehouse and wharf after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Large amounts of debris cover the water in a harbor. Debris and barrels line the side of a road in the foreground running across the bottom of the photograph. Across the water of the harbor, a wharf with massive damage extends out at a right angle to the road. On the the water side of the wharf is a railroad track with two freight cars holding freight. The front train car is leaning down toward the water. Four large parallel pipelines are bowed down to ground level. Behind the train, and … more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[The Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: The Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. On the far right, a large crane reaches above the top of the structure. Behind the crane on the right is the badly damaged Monsanto building. To the left of that building is a badly damaged two story building, with two refinery tower structures visible behind it. To the left, behind the Seatrain loading crane is a tanker car and another building behind that.
Date: April 16, 1947
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