Original 1947 AP Wire Photo from Waxahachie, Texas, documenting the aftermath of a catastrophic gasoline truck collision near the city. The original Associated Press caption states that 19 people were killed when two trucks collided at dawn, igniting a massive fire. The image shows the burning gasoline truck, wreckage of the second truck, and the scene of one of the deadliest highway disasters in Texas during the era. Mounted on black paper from a newspaper archive maintained by a newspaper near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Overall mounted size measures approximately 7¾ × 8¼ inches. Please see photos.
