[Damage along the shoreline after the 1947 Texas City Disaster] Metadata
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Title
- Main Title [Damage along the shoreline after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date
- Creation: 1947-04-16
- Digitized: 2006
Language
- No Language
Description
- Content Description: A view of the destruction on the shoreline after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Wooden debris is scattered over the area where the docks were. Debris floats in the water, or sticks up from the floor of the port area. White smoke rises from the area near the destroyed warehouses. At the lower right, two men stand on a raised area and look into the water near raised pipelines.
- Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Subject
- Keyword: Texas City Disaster, 1947
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Industrial accidents - Texas - Texas City - 1947.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Disasters - Texas - Texas City -1947.
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Explosions - Texas - Texas City - 1947
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Debris - Texas - Texas City - 1947
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Boat & ship industry - Texas - Texas City - 1947
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Piers & wharves - Texas - Texas City - 1947
- Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Marine terminals - Texas - Texas City - 1947
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Shipping - Wharves
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Ships
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Water - Gulf of Mexico
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
- Time Period: mod-tim
- Coverage Date: 1947-04-16
Collection
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Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2006Code: SG06
Institution
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Name: Moore Memorial Public LibraryCode: MMPL
Rights
- Rights Access: public
Resource Type
- Photograph
Format
- Image
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: ntbkb-105
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth11742
Note
- Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL