Clergymen prepare for the mass burial services for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster
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Clergymen from several faiths and acolytes stand near a platform and microphone waiting for the mass burial services to start on June 22, 1947. To the left stand funeral wreaths. Behind the clergymen can be seen a tall cross on a staff held by an acolyte. A large crowd stands behind the roped-off burial area.1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
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- Cemeteries Texas Texas City 1947
- Clergy Texas Texas City 1947
- Disasters Texas Texas City 1947
- Doremus, Frank S
- Explosions Texas Texas City 1947
- Feigon, Louis
- Funeral Rites & Ceremonies Texas Texas City 1947
- Industrial Accidents Texas Texas City 1947
- Johnson, F. M
- Kermit, Carl
- Memorial Rites & Ceremonies Texas Texas City 1947
- People Groups
- Places United States Texas Galveston County Texas City
- Priests Texas Texas City 1947
- Rabbis Texas Texas City 1947
- Religion Denominations Baptist
- Religion Denominations Catholic
- Religion Denominations Episcopal
- Religion Denominations Jewish
- Social Life And Customs Customs Funerals Cemeteries
- Teegarden, Kenneth
- Texas City Disaster, 1947
- United States