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[Aerial view of the port area before the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Original Creation Date: 1947-04-15
Coverage:
(Place) United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
(Era) Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
(Date) 1947-04-15
Description: An aerial view of the Texas City port before the 1947 Texas City Disaster. The grain elevator, a tank farm, the port facilities, the Monsanto building, the Seatrain loading crane, a smokestack, some refinery facilities and some residential housing can be seen.
The print has a handwritten caption at the top: "Texas City Disaster photograph."
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8.25 x 10 in.
Language: No Language
Subject(s):
(UNTL-BS) Places - United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
(UNTL-BS) Business, Economics and Finance - Shipping - Wharves
(UNTL-BS) Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Ships
(UNTL-BS) Texas Landscape and Nature - Water - Gulf of Mexico
(UNTL-BS) Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Refineries
(UNTL-BS) Agriculture - Processing and Storage - Grain Elevators
(LCSH) Seatrain loading crane
(TGM) Smokestack - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Grain elevators - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Cargo ships - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Warehouses - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Boat & ship industry - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Piers & wharves - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Marine terminals - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Refineries - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(TGM) Petroleum industry - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(LCSH) Monsanto (Texas City, Texas)
(TGM) Houses - Texas - Texas City - 1947
(UNTL-BS) Social Life and Customs - Homes
(TGM) Storage tanks - Texas - Texas City - 1947
Institution: Moore Memorial Public Library | [External Link]
Collection: Rescuing Texas History through the Digitization of At-risk Photographs and Maps
Identifier: Accession or Local Control No : ntbkb-001a
Resource Type: Image-Photograph
Format: Image
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