Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thos. L. James discussing recent purchases.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich discussing concerns with an invoice for sausage.

Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner discussing an error made in recently delivered pecans.

Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner discussing dates to reschedule the annual meeting of trustees.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Liberty Mutual Insurance Company discussing an enclosed check for an insurance policy and a bill for an auto repair.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thos. L. James discussing finding a sink and Crosley deep freeze for purchase.

Letter from J. C. Wilson to R. I. Mehan listing suggested profits from the crop corporations. Wilson explains delays in sending the returns was caused by boll worm damages on their farms.

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson discussing the state's budget and containing a form for reports.

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Smith thanking her for the luncheon, congratulating her for the work she has accomplished, and containing AWVS pamphlets.

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Hays congratulating her for acquiring a position in the Executive Committee, the AWVS cooperating with the Red Cross, and problems that have arose between the two organizations.

Letter to Cecile from her father about personal matters and the war.

Telegram from Ms. Noel to Mrs. Kempner informing her that she has been appointed state chairman.

Letter from Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Kempner informing her that she and her volunteers have decided not to continue with the American Women's Voluntary Services.

Letter to Cecile from her father about family matters, attending Artillery Club parties, and the increasing prices of steel.

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Davis containing a list of people who will attend the meeting on Friday.

Letter to Cecile from her father about his visit in New York, Herbert and Harris, and other personal matters.

Letter from Mrs. Williamson to Mrs. Turner reporting on the Houston unit's activities and containing a list of members that have paid their dues.

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Davis telling her that she wants to meet with her unit.

Identical coffins decorated with floral sprays are lined up on the porch of the temporary morgue building at Camp Wallace in Hitchcock. Four men dressed in suits carry one coffin to waiting hearses. On the back of the photograph is written: "This is a scene at Camp Wallace in Hitchcock, where the unclaimed bodies were stored in cold storage awaiting identification. The individual caskets were loaded into individual hearses loaned by over 50 funeral homes in southeast Texas. The man carrying casket on right front is John Irwin's brother - don't know name."

Men ready caskets for burial after the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held at Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. A large crowd of people is gathered to watch. Identical coffins are lined up in rows. Military veterans stand watch around the perimeter of the coffins.

A large crowd gathers at the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster. A clergyman is speaking from a temporary dais, surrounded by funeral wreaths while other clergymen, including a Catholic priest, and acolytes stand to the right of the platform.

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Pall bearers, or an honor guard (at least two of the men seem to be in uniform), carry in the casket of an unidentified victim of the 1947 Texas City Disaster at the mass funeral service on June 22, 1947. Two rows of identical caskets have already been brought in and two more caskets stand in a third row. A small group of clergymen awaits the casket. A large crowd of people stand behind a fence or spectator ropes on three sides of the burial site. Funeral wreaths stand at intervals around the caskets. The tops of parked vehicles are visible behind the crowd. In the far distance can be seen some refinery facilities.

A row of caskets each bearing a funeral spray of flowers rests on boards at the grave site, evidently after the mass burial services for the victims of the Texas City Disaster. Six mourners are gathered standing or kneeling near the caskets. Behind them, funeral wreaths stand in front of a mound of dirt. Outside the fence, mourners return to their cars. A dump truck waits in the background.