[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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from "Arthur" to Eleanor Bodansky - May 22, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from "Arthur" to Eleanor Bodansky - May 22, 1947]

Letter to Eleanor Bodansky concerning a copyright contract negotiation that she is involved in. The letter is signed to be from a man named "Arthur".
Date: May 22, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to John R. Platte, December 22, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to John R. Platte, December 22, 1947]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to John R. Platte covering the bill for Eliza Kempner estates.
Date: December 22, 1947
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1947 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Pots] (open access)

[Invoice for Pots]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by N. D. Gallagher Clay Products Corp., including 50 of each of the following sizes of standard pots: four-inch, five-inch, and six-inch. The total was $9.45 after a ten percent discount.
Date: April 22, 1947
Creator: N. D. Gallagher Clay Products Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Iur. Hans Löning to Daniel W. Kempner, October 22, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Iur. Hans Löning to Daniel W. Kempner, October 22, 1947]

Letter from Dr. Iur. Hans Löning to Daniel W. Kempner thanking Kempner for sending an affidavit and Löning explaining his plan to arrive in the United States before Christmas. Löning also informs Kempner that he has been reinstated as an attorney at law.
Date: October 22, 1947
Creator: Löning, Iur. Hans
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History