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[The Altar monument in Memorial Park in Texas City]
Date: 1991
Creator: unknown
Description: A close-up view of the Altar memorial at Memorial Park in Texas City. A stone book lies open on a stone altar. On the front of the memorial is engraved "In memoriam those who lost their lives in the Texas City Disaster of April 16, 1947". On the back of the photograph is typed "A stone altar was part of the original cemetery and remains as part of the restoration and enhancement completed in 1991."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11663/
[The Davison home after restoration]
Date: 1990 - 1999
Creator: unknown
Description: A front view of the Davison house after restoration. The house has three stories, a front porch, and a gabled tower. A flag pole stands on the far left in the front yard with a flag flying.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15308/
[Helen Edmunds Moore in her later years]
Date: 1962 - 1968
Creator: Verrett, Dr.
Description: A close-up photograph of Helen Moore in her later years. Mrs. Moore is wearing a tweed coat over a sweater. She is sitting down and has a black purse by her side. She wears a black beret-type hat and is wearing glasses. On the back of the photograph is written: "Taken by Dr. Verrett."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15243/
[Helen Moore sitting at the base of a cliff in Frijoles Canyon, New Mexico]
Date: 1959-06-01
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Helen Moore, wearing a dress and a hat, sits on rocks near a road at the base of a cliff at Frijoles Canyon, New Mexico. On the back of the photograph is written: "Frijoles Canyon, N. M. June 1, 1959."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15269/
[An honor guard carrying in a casket at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-06-22
Creator: unknown
Description: An honor guard including two civilian and two military pallbearers carry a flower-draped casket at the mass burial service on for the victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster on June 22, 1947. Two rows of veterans standing at attention line the walkway. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Honor guard (Veterans?) casket being borne to burial site."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11700/
[Mourners at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-06-22
Creator: unknown
Description: Mourners at the mass burial service held on June 22, 1947. Rev. F. M. Johnson of the First Baptist Church is standing on the far right. The two women in the middle of the picture are believed to be Angela Garza on the left and Mrs. Saragosa on the right."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11701/
[Carrying a coffin in preparation for the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-06-22
Creator: unknown
Description: Identical coffins decorated with floral sprays are lined up on the porch of the temporary morgue building at Camp Wallace in Hitchcock. Four men dressed in suits carry one coffin to waiting hearses. On the back of the photograph is written: "This is a scene at Camp Wallace in Hitchcock, where the unclaimed bodies were stored in cold storage awaiting identification. The individual caskets were loaded into individual hearses loaned by over 50 funeral homes in southeast Texas. The man carrying casket on right front is John Irwin's brother - don't know name."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11622/
[At the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-06-22
Creator: unknown
Description: Three identical coffins topped with flower sprays await burial at the mass funeral service for unidentified victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held in Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. A group of five mourners gather near a coffin. Outside the fenced-in area, a number of people are gathered. At the far right a man stands on top of a truck. Just inside the fence on the far left is a man holding a camera. On the back of the photograph is written :"Mass funeral held June 22, 1947 at Memorial Cemetery - land that was purchased for the purpose of burying unidentified dead."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11620/
[Preparing for burial at the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-06-22
Creator: unknown
Description: Men ready caskets for burial after the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held at Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. A large crowd of people is gathered to watch. Identical coffins are lined up in rows. Military veterans stand watch around the perimeter of the coffins.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11609/
[Coffins of victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster being lined up at the mass funeral service]
Date: 1947-06-22
Creator: unknown
Description: Pall bearers, or an honor guard (at least two of the men seem to be in uniform), carry in the casket of an unidentified victim of the 1947 Texas City Disaster at the mass funeral service on June 22, 1947. Two rows of identical caskets have already been brought in and two more caskets stand in a third row. A small group of clergymen awaits the casket. A large crowd of people stand behind a fence or spectator ropes on three sides of the burial site. Funeral wreaths stand at intervals around the caskets. The tops of parked vehicles are visible behind the crowd. In the far distance can be seen some refinery facilities.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11699/