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[School Photograph, 1912]

Description: School photograph featuring a woman with children posed in front of a brick building. More children can be seen in the window behind the group to the left. Jim Goin sits third from left, and Lillian Goin is second from the right in the front.
Date: April 29, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Bouncer Goin

[Letter from Robinson Portraits to Mr. Tom Booth]

Description: Letter from Robinson Portraits to Mr. Tom Booth. Letterhead in blue: "Robinson Portraits Marijo Robinson One Studio Only Children and Pets [emblem] Member The Photographers Association of America 2912 Fannin, JA 9 - 1108 Houston 2, Texas Established 1935". The note reads as follows: "April 15 - 58 Mr. Tom Booth Richmond, Tex- 1-3 /14 [sic] x 4 1/4 colored copy in Frame - 5500 Paid April 16 - Robinson Portraits [sic] 1958". The photograph referred to in the letter is accession 2000.052.003b.
Date: April 15, 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Near the water towers after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two water towers sit on stilts near the railroad tracks after the Texas City Disaster. Building rubble, barrels, and metal debris are extend over most of the middle portion of the picture. To the far left, a line of tank cars sit on a track. On the right, on a rail road track, a destroyed railroad car sits with most of its sides missing. A large pile of twisted metal debris lies on the railroad tracks behind it. On the far right is the grain elevator. On the horizon in the middle of the p… more
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Interior view of a damaged storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An interior view of the top of a metal cylindrical storage tank. Metal structural supports hang twisted and broken on the left side, lower left, and right middle portions of the photograph. Other interior metal suports are twisted and bent. There is a hole in the left center portion of the top of the tank near the side/top joining.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged railroad tracks near the docks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two damaged open-top freight cars (gondolas) loaded with rectangular wooden forms sit on a elevated wooden train track. The tracks appear to be on a wharf structure extending out to a dock. Wooden debris is densely scattered in the foreground in front of the tracks and is evidently floating in water in a channel. The front end of the track structure has collapsed and the front car is tilted downward. The forms in the freight cars have also been damaged. Two men are looking down from the r… more
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged freight cars after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A long line of freight and box cars crosses the photograph. Damage is clearly visible on several of the cars. A large pile of lumber, perhaps railroad ties, stands at the far fight. Large pipes and debris are scattered along the length of the train. A power pole with the top snapped off and no power lines stands in the middle of the picture. In the lower right a fire hydrant stands surrounded by debris. The boom of a crane is visible in the far right, behind the train cars. The number "#26"… more
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

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

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.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[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

[Aerial view of refinery structures near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An aerial view of the Monsanto building and the refinery facilities near the port after the explosions. Dark gray smoke streams from a burning structure near the tall refinery towers. The Monsanto building is very heavily damaged. The Seatrain loading crane is visible on the far left. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "Site of explosion - looking west. Shows damage to Monsanto plant and port facilities."
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

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

Description: An aerial view of the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Visible from lower left to top right are the SeaTrain loading crane, the Monsanto Building, the destroyed docks and piers and refinery structures including two refinery towers. On the back of the photograph is written: "Monsanto / part of slip - Grandcamp".
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[A damaged refinery building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A one-story commercial building shows roof and window damage after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. In front of the building are a series of small tanks and valves. Crossing the photograph at the front is a large raised pipeline with a noticeable break near mid-picture. In the background, to the left are round storage tanks. At the far right in the background is a water tower on stilts.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

Mr. and Mrs. Ponciano Villalobos

Description: Photograph of couple outside adobe building. Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ponciano Villalovoz (Villalobos), April 8, 1912, in Van Horn, TX. Dedication at the back of photo reads," Dedico Este Retrato a, Mi Querida Mama, Pas Chacon En, Pruevas de amory y, Respecto. que le Tengo. Ponciano Villalovoz, Van Horn, Texas, April 8, de 1912"
Date: April 8, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Clark Hotel Museum

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train in Allamoore

Description: Photograph of wagons participating in the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train near Allamoore, Texas. The photo is taken from a higher elevation and shows the front and side views of the wagon train. The photo shows six horse-drawn wagons, as well as a variety of men riding horses beside the wagons. The wagon train is traveling on a road parallel to Interstate 10 with cars escorting the latter part of the train. The interstate and a mountain range are visible in the background.
Date: April 5, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
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