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Freight cars one quarter mile from explosion
Freight cars one quarter mile from explosion
TitleFreight cars one quarter mile from explosion
DescriptionFreight cars 1/4 mile from explosion. These were to be loaded onto freight barge.
InscriptionOn reverse: "R.R. Tracks leading to Slip #1"
DateApril 18, 1947
Genreblack-and-white photographs
Subjectsman-made disasters
freight cars
Debris
Texas City Disaster
Texas City, Texas
Subject.Topical (AAT)man-made disasters
freight cars
Subject.Topical (TGM)Debris
Subject.Topical (Local)Texas City Disaster
Subject (Geographic)Texas City, Texas
Original CollectionTexas City Disaster Photographs, 1947- http://archon.lib.uh.edu/?p=collections/controlcard&id=311
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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File nametxcy010-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital