[Rescue workers check through debris after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Rescue workers search through debris near a multi-storied building which has been destroyed. (This building is probably the Monsanto building.) Only the metal framework remains of much of the building, and twisted and bent metal is very visible on the front top section of the building. A group of men are examining a section of railroad track which has been damaged. Metal and wooden debris is widely scattered. On the left side of the photograph, an ambulance is parked with back doors open. Rescue workers include both military and civilians. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd medical battalion".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Military personnel checking the damage at the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Eight men, all but one in uniform, stand near the Seatrain loading crane, looking at the damage to the port area. Military personnel appear to be from both the U.S. Army and perhaps the U.S. Coast Guard. Some bent pipeline and other debris are visible. Across the channel, several multi-story buildings can be seen through the smoke. Debris lines the opposite shore. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd Medical Battalion".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Military personnel near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A military vehicle with military personnel is stopped on the road near the port. Two military men stand talking in front of what appears to be a large piece of ship's hull. Behind the vehicle are two more workers, one carrying a pickax over his shoulder. A ship's mast lists heavily to the right in the port, just beyond the road. In the distance can be seen the outlines of a badly damaged building, either a warehouse or the Monsanto building. On the reverse of the photograph is written:"From John P. Blazetic with 32nd Medical Battalion".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Damaged railroad cars and storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A line of damaged freight cars stands amid metal and wooden debris. The top of a crane is seen beyond the train cars behind a large pile of debris. In the far background is a storage tank farm, with visible compression damage on a number of the tanks. On the horizon, in the direction of the port, are heavy clouds of white and black smoke. In the foreground three military personnel stand looking at the damage. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd Medical Battalion."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[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
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[Checking the wreckage near the Longhorn II after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Four men look at the wreckage at a pier alongside the Longhorn II after the explosions. At least two of the men appear to be military personnel. Metal and wooden debris covers the foreground. The Longhorn II is at the pier behind the men. Above it is the Seatrain loading crane with visible damage. Behind that is the Monsanto plant building with only the metal framework remaining.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[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
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[Rescue workers holding a stretcher near an ambulance after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Four men holding a stretcher stand in front of an ambulance with its back doors open. The ambulance has a large medical cross painted on the side. A man in uniform stands near one side of the back doors, and four other military personnel stand near the right rear of the ambulance. One of the Army personnel has the medic armband on his left arm. Debris is scattered all over, and a fire hose runs near the men. In the background large pieces of debris and a three-story building with windows blown out can be seen. On the back of the photo is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd medical battalion".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Rescue workers near the Wilson B. Keene after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: The hull of the Wilson B. Keene lists in the waters of the port after the explosions. Approximately 25 rescue workers, some military and some civilian, are checking or searching the debris from the large multi-storied warehouse to the right of the very heavily damaged ship. A dirt road has been cleared of debris. A truck is parked along the road. Wooden and metal debris is scattered or piled in many places. Several large metal pieces and train wheels lie in the front foreground. A large pile of twisted pipelines is heaped near the end wall of the warehouse.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[The U.S. Coast Guard fighting fires during the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Two Coast Guard personnel standing on the top deck of a Coast Guard ship spray water on debris in the water. In the background debris is scattered on the water, and the docks on shore have been reduced to rubble. Very heavy dark smoke covers the sky.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11822/