Original 1947 AP Wire Photo related to the devastating Texas City Explosion of April 16, 1947. The image shows injured members of a family receiving medical treatment following the disaster. The original news caption, printed in reverse, notes that half of the family was killed in the explosion while the survivors shown were injured. The photograph is mounted on black archival paper with a separate caption attached below. Overall mounted size is approximately 8⅜ x 7¼ inches. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
