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[A wounded survivor of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[A wounded survivor of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: People stand on the sidewalk across the street from the Lucus Cafe, a liquor store and a dime store. A woman with bandages on her face and arm and bloodstained clothing looks at the camera. A flag flies at half mast near the cafe. Signs on the storefronts read: "5-10 store", "Clark's liquor store" and "Lucus Cafe." On the reverse side of the photograph is written "Irving Peterman" in cursive. The picture was taken from City Hall which was located on the SW corner of 6th Street and 6th Avenue.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[Survivors wait at an aid station after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Survivors wait at an aid station after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: People of all ages stand or sit on cots at an aid station set up under some trees after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Some individuals have blankets around their shoulders. Some people are wearing head bandages. At the left, in the foreground, are large jugs of water.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[An honor guard carrying in a casket at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[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
[Disaster victims being assisted after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[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
[Survivors and rescue workers at an aid station after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[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
[Mourners at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[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."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[Waiting outside John Sealy Hospital for news about survivors after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Waiting outside John Sealy Hospital for news about survivors after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Groups of people are gathered on both sides of the street leading to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, waiting for word on survivors of the 1947 Texas City Disaster. A nurse stands in front of the entrance. The caption on back of the photograph reads: "Anxious relatives wait outside John Sealy Hospital in Galveston".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[Medical staff and a survivor in the hospital after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Medical staff and a survivor in the hospital after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Five female and two male medical staff members are gathered around the bed of a patient in a hospital. The patient is an older male, sitting up in bed and holding a cigarette in his hand. Most are smiling. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd medical battalion".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[Carrying a coffin in preparation for the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[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
[At the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[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
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