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Texas City Disaster
Photograph of the twisted wreckage of a 1940s automobile sitting beside a building.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Parking Lot at T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store]
Photograph of the parking lot at T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store on the day of its grand opening in League City, Texas. The parking lot is nearly full, with a couple cars parked on the grass.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grand Opening of T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store]
Photograph of the grand opening of the T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store in League City. A huge crowd of people swarms inside the store.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grand Opening of T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store]
Photograph of the grand opening of the T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store in League City. A huge crowd of people swarms inside the store underneath signs hung from air conditioning ducts. The signs are advertisements for in-store savings and sales and feature photographs of food.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grand Opening of T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store]
Photograph of the grand opening of the T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store in League City. Inside the store, a huge crowd of people swarms underneath signs advertising in-store sales and featuring related illustrations and photographs.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grand Opening of T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store]
Photograph of the grand opening of the T.A. Kilgore Grocery Store in League City. Inside the store, a huge crowd of people swarms underneath signs advertising in-store sales and featuring related illustrations and photographs. Visible amongst the crowd are products in stacks on the sale floor.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-15
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Maximum salaries that may be paid to deputies, assistants and clerks to the county officials in Galveston County, Texas.
Date:
January 11, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-220
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Qualifications of petitioners and voters in an election to be held the latter part of July, 1947, in Galveston County to authorize the issuance of bonds to establish a county hospital.
Date:
May 28, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-291
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas Highway Commission to enter into an agreement with Galveston County for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a toll tunnel.
Date:
July 2, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: October 6, 1947]
Minutes from the Fall 1947 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Galveston, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a memorial for Albert O. Singleton and a treasurers report.
Date:
October 6, 1947
Creator:
Blocker, T. G., Jr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clippings about the election of Dr. May Owen to two positions]
Newspaper clippings of articles about Dr. May Owen's election to president of the Tarrant County Medical Society, and her election to president of the Texas Society of Pathologtsts
Date:
{1947-01-28,1947-03-07}
Creator:
Fort Worth Press
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Airplanes at a small airport]
At the far left, one small biplane sits on a runway. Two men are near that plane. Off the runway, in the grass, is a small airplane with a prop engine on the right wing. It's call number is NC65212. There are barrels and what appears to be an engine part near the plane. Further in the distance is another small plane parked in the grass.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A damaged storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
A large round storage tank shows compression damage after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. A ladder leans against the tank, providing access to the tank's top. Near the tank, two smaller round tanks stand on towers. At the far left, another round storage tank is visible. In the foreground, a round piece of metal lies near a road.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Debris after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
A telephone pole stands amid debris after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Bent and broken pipelines, wooden railroad ties, and twisted metal litter a slope on which the telephone pole stands with power lines drooping. On the horizon at the top of the slope are storage tanks and other telephone poles.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A damaged house after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
A house shows extensive damage after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. The middle portion of the roof has collapsed and fallen in, and windows have sustained significant damage.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Longhorn II aground after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
The cargo ship, Longhorn II, sits on dry land after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Debris is visible in the foreground, and large, twisted pieces of metal can be seen on the far left.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An eductor in front of a commercial building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
An unhitched trailer holding what appears to be a foam eductor used for fighting fires sits in front of a commercial building with its front open. A ladder leads up toward the second floor of the brick building. To the right a power pole is braced with another pole.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Seatrain loading crane and the Monsanto building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
A view of the the Seatrain loading crane and the badly damaged Monsanto building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Little damage is visible to the Seatrain structure, but the Monsanto building and a long two-story building to its left appear almost totally destroyed, with only parts of the building framework standing.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A drugstore after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Huge clouds of dark smoke are visible behind and to the left of a commercial building with two store fronts visible. A sign in front of the store on the left reads, in part, "Public Drugs". Windows on the drugstore are boarded closed. In front of the store is a scales. The other store on the right is also boarded up. These buildings were located on the south side of the 300 block of Texas Avenue.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Damage after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Building rubble, cable and wire are spread over the ground after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. On the far left, some structure of a long building or the elevated conveyor system remains standing. In the middle of the photograph, a line of posts, with metal wires and cables protruding, can be seen.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Damaged houses after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
The roof has collapsed on a one story house as a result of the explosions from the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Windows have been blown out, and building debris lies on the ground in front of the house. In the distance on the left, other wooden structures have collapsed, or show visible damage. Thick black clouds of smoke come from burning storage tanks in the distance.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Damaged pipelines and railroad tracks near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
A railroad freight car loaded with wooden forms sits amid the debris near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. On the left, the support for the elevated pipelines near the port have collapsed, and pipelines lie on the ground. Metal, concrete and wooden debris are scattered along the pipeline route and the railroad tracks. In the distance can be seen the destroyed pier and dock structures. On the back of the photograph is written: "Loading Dock".
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The High Flyer's engine at the Republic Oil Refinery after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Part of a ship's engine sits in the foreground near other pieces of metal. In the background can be seen a large round storage tank and refinery facilities. Written on the back of the photograph is: "Engine from High Flyer found at Republic Oil Refinery."
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A damaged house after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
A badly damaged house stands in a yard after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. The upper front structure of the house has been badly damaged, and boards hang down or are lying on the ground. The rear section of the roof has collapsed and broken away from its supporting structure. Windows have been blown out, and the board fence has been destroyed. Heavy thick clouds of black smoke cover the horizon. On the far left, in the background, can be seen a refinery tower structure.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History