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[Loading a casket into a hearse before the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Four men load a casket into a hearse in preparation for the the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held in Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. At the far right, another man reads a piece of paper in front of another hearse, with a partial license plate of "MORA HE 3 Tex"
Date: June 22, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Loading a casket into a hearse for the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Four pallbearers load a decorated casket into the back of a hearse in preparation for the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held at Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. The license plate on the hearse is FT 3925 Texas - 47. A row of hearses is parked near the building at Camp Wallace being used as a mortuary.
Date: June 22, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Unidentified Colonel]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man in uniform (with the rank of colonel). He is standing in the midst of jungle foliage and holding a lit cigarette in his left hand. Written on the back of the photo: "To my devoted friend, Bill Blackshear - June 1943 - South Sea Islands - (In the jungles) and I don't mean maybe! Taken on recent trip north and didn't miss a thing.
Date: June 1943
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Partner: Palestine Public Library
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