Original 1947 AP Wire Photo documenting recovery efforts following the devastating Texas City Disaster. The image shows rescue workers wearing gas masks removing a victim's body from wreckage along the waterfront in the aftermath of the April 16, 1947 explosion. The photograph is mounted on black archival paper with a separate caption attached below. Overall mounted size is approximately 9¼ x 7½ inches. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
