[Aftermath of Texas City explosion, 1947].

Photographic images of the aftermath of the fires and explosions which occured at the Texas City docks on the morning of April 16, 1947. The events started with a mid-morning fire and detonation of approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp, with...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Photo
Language:	English
Published:	Milwaukee : L.L. Cook Co., [1947]
Subjects:	Docks > Texas > Texas City > Fire, 1947 > Pictorial works. Industrial accidents > Texas > Texas City > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Disasters > Texas > Texas City > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Real photo postcards > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Specimens. Texas City (Tex.) > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Postcards.

Table of Contents:

[no. 1] M525. Ruins, Texas City, Texas, April-16-1947
[no. 2] M526. Texas City, Texas, disaster, April-16-1947
[no. 3] M527. Searching in the ruins, Texas City, Tex., April-16-1947
[no. 4] M528. Wreckage, Texas City, Texas, April 16-1947
[no. 5] M529. Ruins, Texas City, Texas, April 16-1947
[no. 6] M530. Texas City, Texas, April 16-1947
[no. 7] M531. Ruins Texas City, Tex., April -16-1947
[no. 8] M532. Searching for bodies, Texas City, Texas, April 16 1947.