Photograph of Theodore and Zonnie Kilgore spending time outdoors with their granddaughter, Clare Kilgore. Theodore is standing with his hands on his hips while Zonnie is knelt beside Clare, holding some linens. A house is visible just behind them.

Photograph of the ribbon cutting ceremony for League City Bank and Trust. Lorena Harbison is the woman in the pink pant suit standing behind the giant pair of scissors. Walter Hall is holding the scissors open in preparation to cut the ribbon. Standing behind them are five other city officials.

Photograph of two elderly women, one of whom is Lorena Harbison, seated at a table at an outdoor event. Napkins and cups sit atop the table before them.

Photograph of T.M. Snell and his son, Doug Snell, taking a nap together in a fringed hammock.

Photograph of two young boys reclining in a padded lawn chair outdoors. Both boys are wearing shorts with no shirt. The boy on the right is Doug Snell.

Photograph of an unidentified man standing on the mezzanine of the unfinished staircase in Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Only the building's frame has been established; the walls have not yet been built.

Photograph of the exterior of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The exterior features segmental arches and pillars.

Photograph of the outer walls of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The walls feature segmental arches and pillars.

Photograph of the exterior walls of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Its exterior features tall segmental arches and pillars. A blue truck is parked near the construction site.

Photograph of the unfinished staircase at Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The bottom portion of the staircase and the mezzanine are visible. The exterior walls have not yet been built and an array of building construction materials and tools are on the ground floor.

Photograph of the view through the exterior wall of the Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The wall is characterized by tall segmental arches.

Photograph of the ceiling of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Its metal framework is exposed and the skylights have not yet been filled with glass panes.

Photograph of a dimly lit Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Pictured are the pillars of the exterior wall and the tension cables that support them.

Photograph of the interior of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. Some rectangular galvanized ducts are strewn about the area; some ducts have already been set into place above ground.

Photograph of the exterior of Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The building's exterior features segmental arches. A wooden frame is partially embedded into the ground outside the building.

Photograph of the metal auxiliary staircase inside Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction.

Photograph of a pile of metal building materials stacked outside Helen Hall Library during its period of reconstruction. The outer walls of the pre-existing library building, characterized by its segmental arches and pillars, are visible to the left.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Big George Zaharias, husband of cancer victim Babe Didrikson Zaharias, became her No. 1 fan in January, 1938, when they met while playing in the Los Angeles open."

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.