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[The Longhorn II aground after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A wide view of devastation in the dock area with rescue workers searching the debris and firefighters fighting the fires after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Debris is visible in the water. The ship, the Longhorn II, rests onshore just right of center, pushed aground in the aftermath of the explosions. At the far left, a boat with the call letters "CO-84309" is moored just off shore near the rescue and firefighting efforts. Two water towers stand in the distance beyond the rescue workers. I… more
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[A destroyed building near the Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A large building near the port has been heavily damaged by the explosions, but still has part of its first floor walls standing. White smoke rises from the debris. Large plumes of thick dark smoke, probably from burning storage tanks, stream from the right toward the left in the distance. The Seatrain crane is partially visible in the smoke.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Devastation at the docks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A view of the devastation on the docks and along the shoreline near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. This photograph was taken from out on the water. Huge clouds of black smoke, interspersed with smaller white smoke clouds rise from behind the piers and dock areas. Structures along the shoreline have been totally destroyed and huge hunks of metal, damaged pier structures and piles of debris are visible. In the far left, the metal framework from a warehouse can be seen.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[A view of the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A view of the shoreline structures near the warehouses in the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. This picture is taken from out on the water of the bay looking toward the warehouse buildings. At the far right are the destroyed docks and pier structures. Parts of the metal framework of the warehouse buildings are visible. A large cloud of white smoke comes from the area near the warehouses. Heavy black smoke covers the horizon behind the white smoke clouds.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Photograph of Refinery Structures After the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Photograph of layers of heavy dark and light smoke covering the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. From left to right are the Seatrain loading crane, the Monsanto building, damaged pipelines and refinery structures including two large tower structures. A buoy floats on the water at the far right. This photograph has been taken looking across the bay at the refinery structures.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[An aerial view of the docks and slips at the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An aerial view of the boat slips and dock areas impacted by the explosions. Dock area structures near the slips have been totally destroyed and rubble and debris is readily visible. On the far right foreground, refinery tower structures can be seen. In the far right background are the storage tanks of the tank farm. Huge clouds of thick dark smoke and smaller clouds of white smoke blow left to right.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[An aerial view of the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An aerial view of the refinery structures in the port area and the docks and piers at the slips after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Heavy clouds of black and white smoke rise from fires still burning near the docks and in storage tanks. Between the black and white layers of smoke can be seen oil storage tanks at a tank farm.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

Plan du Port de Veracruz.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century shoreline geography and details near the harbor of Veracruz, Mexico. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. No scale noted.
Date: 1811
Creator: Orta, Bernardo de, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard of Cotton Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana]

Description: Postcard of a wharf with bales of cotton in front of ships. Printed text on the back of the postcard states that the place pictured is the Cotton Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard from Cecil to Lou Rayburn tells of Cecil's traveling plans.
Date: January 13, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Floating Market in Willemstad]

Description: Fotografía de vendedores en el Mercado Flotante de Willemstad, Curazao. Los comerciantes venden productos desde sus barcos junto al muelle. Se puede ver a numerosos compradores caminando con bolsas. Los comerciantes viajan desde Venezuela para vender sus productos en la isla de Curazao. En marzo de 2018, el mercado se cerró permanentemente debido al cierre de la frontera impuesto a Venezuela por su propio presidente.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 12.106659 -68.933040
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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