Original AP Wire Photo dated April 19, 1947, showing crowds gathered on a school football field in Texas City for memorial services honoring those killed in the explosions and fires. Altar boys stand in the foreground while smoke from fires still burning rises in the background. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper. Measures 8½ x 7¾ inches overall. Photograph and separate original caption are mounted on the same piece of black archival paper. Please examine photos for condition.
