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[2012.201.B0363.0082]

Photograph is of a man smiling wearing a button down shirt.
Date: June 22, 1947
Creator: East, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0427

Photograph taken at night of firefighters managing a smoldering building fire with fire hoses. Caption: "Smoke billows and flames leap skyward as Oklahoma City firemen attempt to bring fire at Springlake Amusement Park under control Friday."
Date: June 7, 1947
Creator: Carter, Randy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Foster's Laundry

Photograph of the employees of Foster's Laundry, located at 301 E. Third Street, Taylor, Texas. Photo taken June 1947. Note delivery truck to the right and small boy in cowboy hat on the left.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Foster's Laundry with delivery truck]

Photograph of crew of women posing next to a Foster's Laundry truck and metal building.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine and Car - Denver, Colorado]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. An insignia is visible on the car. Additional tracks lay in front. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Denver, Colo. Jun 7th 1947 (ex T&P #557)."
Date: June 7, 1947
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The W.O.W. (Woodmen on the World) Drill Team]

This picture shows the Woodmen of the World Drill Team, taken on June 19, 1947. A caption on the back of the photograph reads: WOW DRILL TEAM 6-19-47---- Herman Tolbert, Capt.--LEFT TO RIGHT: Front row: Walter Carter, Gene Lee, Jimmy Brandenburg, Charlie Davis, Bill Teichman, Idys Cox, Jr., Boyce Harvey, Billy Brooks. Back Row: Melton Brewton, Walter Moore, Hayden Hughes, Bazil Brewton, Unknown [heavily underlined, with small lacuna, also underlined, following] Roy Alderson, Roy Brewton and Eldred Fryer. A further caption, rotated 90 degrees to the first reads: "Picture taken in Convention Hall." On the front of the photograph is handwritten: "phillips [sic] photog-aphic [sic] Service Abilene, Texas" in white ink. The photograph appears in A.F. Weaver's "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells" on page 165.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Souvenir of a Pleasant Evening at the Mural Room]

Photograph of a group of people having dinner at the Mural Room in June 1947. Two gentlemen to the left are identified as AJ Nystom Co., the couple on the center are Mr. and Mrs. NS Holland. The couple to the right are identified as Willie and Annie Jewel Royle and the man seated next to them is CB Statler.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lake Cliff Pool]

Photograph of an aerial view of the Lake Cliff pool with red marker identifying the surrounding buildings and structures. People line the edges of the swimming pool in various forms of relaxation enjoying the August weather. Trees obscure the edges of the pool's boundary giving shade to sprawled out pool goers.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Beverly Hills Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Beverley Hills Park and its surrounding area located in Dallas, Texas. The park is located at the lower center of the picture and is outlined by Sheldon Avenue and N Frances Street on its upper and right sides respectively. Residential suburbs are visible above the park.
Date: June 29, 1947
Creator: Haskins, Squire
System: The Portal to Texas History