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[A damaged vehicle and structure after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: The metal framework of a vehicle sits amid the railroad tracks in front of a badly damaged structure. The vehicle appears to be fitted with wheels for running on railroad tracks and has sustained extensive crushing and missile damage. Debris is scattered all over. A portion of a concrete wall of the structure behind it still stands but a section on the right that has collapsed to ground level.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Photograph of Refinery Structures After the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Photograph taken from out on the water of the bay, this photograph captures the different layers of smoke rising from fires during the Texas City Disaster. White smoke rises from the port area, blowing from left to right and staying closest to the ground. Behind and above it, huge thick clouds of black smoke rise from unseen fires at petroleum tanks and facilities. Refinery structures, including two large towers, stand near the shoreline in the middle of the picture. Damage is visible along the… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged cars in a parking lot near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A view of a parking lot near the port with rows of cars damaged in the explosions. Vehicles show twisted and crushed parts, compression damage, missile damage and blown-out or broken windows. Power lines are hanging near the top of some of the cars. In the distance on the far left is the twisted metal framework from destroyed warehouses. Clouds of heavy dark smoke can be seen coming from behind the parking lot On the far right in the distance are the smokestack, the grain elevator, train c… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged houses after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two houses standing back-to-back show damage after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. The one story house on the left is raised on cinder blocks and has a window screen hanging off the window. Boards are nailed vertically across the end of the porch where porch supports are missing. The house on the right sits on the ground. Windows have been blown out and the front part of the roof has collapsed. Parts of the middle and rear roof areas have been peeled back or are missing.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Removing debris from the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Large cranes and hoisting equipment remove metal debris in the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. "Bisso WA 6200" is painted on the left-most hoisting mechanism. In the middle of the picture, beyond the hoisting equipment, is a small building labeled "Bisso". Several men can be seen looking at the damage. Wooden, concrete, metal and pipe debris are scattered. In the distance on the left can be seen some refinery structures.
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Aerial view from the railroad yard after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A elevated shot from the rail yards toward the port. View is from above a line of freight cars in the rail yard. Debris lies piled along the line of cars to the far right of the picture. Several men stand on top of one of the cars, while several more stand amid the metal debris below. Another line of rail cars loaded with uniform loads of large forms stands on a parallel set of tracks. In the distance is the grain elevator, a smokestack, two large water towers and the loading structures at… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[A damaged building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A close-up shot of a long two-story building, badly damaged. Two large pipelines run across the picture, one parallel to the long side of the building, one parallel to the short side of the building. Metal and wooden debris is scattered along the length and sides of the building. Roof structures are almost completely missing except for twisted metal debris. Doors and windows in the building have been blown out, and interior wreckage is visible through those spaces. The number "#4" is writt… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

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

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. The couple has been identified as Genaro and Ruby Nino Capetillo. 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 … more
Date: June 22, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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