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[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