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Slip # 2 with boxcars in background
Slip # 2 with boxcars in background
TitleSlip # 2 with boxcars in background
DescriptionNo. 2 slip. No. 1 slip is behind boxcars.
InscriptionOn reverse: "No 2 Slip Second explosion"
DateApril 19, 1947
Genreblack-and-white photographs
Subjectsman-made disasters
slips (waterfront spaces)
Debris
Texas City Disaster
Texas City, Texas
Subject.Topical (AAT)man-made disasters
slips (waterfront spaces)
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 nametxcy018-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital