Rabbi Louis Feigon speaking at the mass burial service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster
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Rabbi Louis Feigon speaks into a standing microphone on the temporary speakers platform at the mass burial services on June 22, 1947. Other clergymen and three acolytes stand off the dais on the right. One funeral wreath stands on the dais, while other wreaths stand behind the speaker's platform. A large crowd of people wearing military uniforms or dress clothes stand behind the roped-off area. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "Ministers representing Protestant, Jewish & Catholic faiths share in leading the funeral service June 22, 1947. 5,000 people."1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 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
- Social Life And Customs Customs Funerals Cemeteries
- Teegarden, Kenneth
- Texas City Disaster, 1947
- United States