[Disaster victims being assisted after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A disaster relief worker in uniform leads a groups of disaster victims. An older woman wearing a coat, an older man carrying a child, a woman carrying bedding and blankets, a woman in a hat (of the same uniform as the first woman) and a group of men follow her. On the left, a man wheels a stretch or a cot with pillows from the back of a vehicle. On the right is an empty bus. The area is dark.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11767/
[Damaged boat after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Portions of a damaged boat after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Debris is visible in the background.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11711/
[Looking toward Texas City over the rooftops of Galveston after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A view over Galveston rooftops looking toward the smoke rising from the Texas City port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11673/
[Clouds of smoke fill the sky after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Huge clouds of thick dark smoke fill the sky behind a house after the 1947 Texas City Disaster.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11580/
[Smoke during the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Heavy clouds of gray and white smoke fill the sky after the 1947 Texas City Disaster.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11612/
[A damaged structure after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: The second floor of an unidentified building has collapsed and the roof has caved in after the 1947 Texas City Disaster.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11618/
[Aerial view of the Monsanto plant, refinery structures and port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Refinery facilities, the Monsanto building, the grain elevator and the storage tank farms are visible. Handwritten in ink at top margin of front of print: "Texas City Disaster Photograph."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11731/
[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/
[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/
[Survivors and rescue workers at an aid station after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A first-aid and disaster relief station at night. Rescue workers, victims and medical personnel move about the area. Cots are set up in rows. On the far right, a man lying under a blanket is being examined by military personnel. At least two people are wearing visible head bandages The aid trailer has the numbers "32195" written on a window. Behind the trailer is a large building with some visible window damage.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11771/