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Motor convoy for Texas City

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 17, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Parking lot one quarter mile from explosion

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Road to explosion area

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Warehouse destroyed

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Damaged houses

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Fuel tank near slip #1

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Parking area one half mile from explosion

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Oil tanks on fire three days later

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Corner view of damaged houses

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Row of damaged houses

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Freight cars one quarter mile from explosion

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Slip #1 with barge in background

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Five story building beside slip #1

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Barge from slip #1 on land

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Police headquarters

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 18, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Slip #2 with ship destroyed in second explosion

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 19, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Small crane destroyed by second explosion

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 19, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Area between two slips

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 19, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Slip #2 with boxcars in background

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 19, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Aerial Shot of Texas City

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 20, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Aerial Shot of Texas City

Creator:

Townsend, Charles Tellus

Date:

April 20, 1947

Rights:

Copyright Undetermined

Provenance:

Houston & Texas History Research Collection, Texas City Disaster Photographs, and University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

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