Original Associated Press wire photo dated April 17, 1947, showing wrecked automobiles in a dock-area parking lot after the Texas City explosions. The caption states that the lot had been used by dock workers before the blasts turned the vehicles into wreckage. The original AP caption is printed directly on the photograph. Measures approximately 8⅞ × 6¼ inches. Shows light handling wear consistent with newsroom/archive use. This photograph came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Please review pictures carefully for condition and details.