Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing the funeral of Marion P. Paske, 28, who was killed in the Texas City Explosion of April 1947, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history. The image shows the flower-covered casket during services with family members seated nearby. The photograph is mounted on black archival paper with a separate caption attached below. Overall mounted size is approximately 8½ x 7½ inches. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
