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Foster's Laundry

Description: Photograph of the employees of Foster's Laundry, located at 301 E. Third Street, Taylor, Texas. Photo taken June 1947. Note delivery truck to the right and small boy in cowboy hat on the left.
Date: June 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Taylor Public Library

[Interior View of Sammie's Restaurant]

Description: Photograph of customers sitting at booths in Sammie's Restaurant, located at 5224 Georgetown Road. There is two people sitting at the corner booth in the back, and there is a woman sitting alone two tables forward. There are two people sitting at the fourth table from the back, and at the closest table, there are three women.
Date: June 16, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Exterior View of a Furniture Showroom]

Description: Photograph of a furniture showroom for the H.M. Oetting Furniture Company taken from outside and viewed through large picture windows. The display includes six chairs, a table, two dressers, and two lamps.
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Exterior View of a Furniture Showroom]

Description: Photograph of a furniture showroom for the H.M. Oetting Furniture Company taken from outside and viewed through large picture windows. The display includes two armchairs, a chair at a desk, two dressers, three lamps, and a bed with a bench at the end.
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Staff at an A&W Rootbeer Stand]

Description: Photograph of employees of an A&W Root Beer stand standing outside their restaurant before they open. There are four men and a boy on the left, wearing light-colored clothing and aprons. There are four women on the right, wearing light-colored shirts and dark-colored pants.
Date: June 21, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.258861 -97.748186
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Exterior View of a Furniture Showroom]

Description: Photograph of a furniture showroom for the H.M. Oetting Furniture Company taken from outside and viewed through large picture windows. The display includes is a sectional along the back wall, five lamps on tables, three armchairs, and three paintings on the back wall. There is an area rug in the middle of the room.
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.276048 -97.742785
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Train Engine and Car - Denver, Colorado]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. An insignia is visible on the car. Additional tracks lay in front. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Denver, Colo. Jun 7th 1947 (ex T&P #557)."
Date: June 7, 1947
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Carrying a coffin in preparation for the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: 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… more
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Preparing for burial at the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: 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.
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Coffins of victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster being lined up at the mass funeral service]

Description: 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 t… more
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Mourners at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: 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.
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Rabbi Louis Feigon speaking at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Rabbi Louis Feigon speaks into a standing microphone on the temporary speakers platform at the mass burial services on June 22, 1947. Other clergymen and three acolytes stand off the dais on the right. One funeral wreath stands on the dais, while other wreaths stand behind the speaker's platform. A large crowd of people wearing military uniforms or dress clothes stand behind the roped-off area. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "Ministers representing Protestant, Jewish & Ca… more
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Clergymen prepare for the mass burial services for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Clergymen from several faiths and acolytes stand near a platform and microphone waiting for the mass burial services to start on June 22, 1947. To the left stand funeral wreaths. Behind the clergymen can be seen a tall cross on a staff held by an acolyte. A large crowd stands behind the roped-off burial area.
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[An honor guard carrying in a casket at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An honor guard including two civilian and two military pallbearers carry a flower-draped casket at the mass burial service on for the victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster on June 22, 1947. Two rows of veterans standing at attention line the walkway. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Honor guard (Veterans?) casket being borne to burial site."
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[An honor guard carries in a coffin at the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two honor guards composed of military and civilian pallbearers carry in coffins at the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held at Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. On both sides of the pathway, veterans and other men line the walkway. A large crowd has assembled for the service.
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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