Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo measuring 6¼ x 9 inches. The original caption is printed directly on the front of the photograph. This dramatic aerial view shows the Monsanto Chemical Company plant in Texas City, Texas, after a catastrophic explosion and fire on April 17, 1947, during the Texas City disaster, one of the deadliest industrial accidents in U.S. history. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
