1947 Texas City Disaster

The Texas City Sun: History in the Headlines online exhibit is a collaborative project between the Moore Memorial Public Library and the Texas City Museum, that brings decades of local reporting from the Texas City Sun together with the museum's decade-based timeline exhibits.  It is made possible through a grant funded by the Texas State Library & Archives Commission and the Institute for Museum & Library Services.

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1. Front page of The Texas City Sun on the day of the blast (April 16, 1947)
2. Front page of The Texas City Sun one week after blast (April 23, 1947)
3. Monsanto To Produce Styrene Again Within Six Months, Officials State: Entire Plant To Be Rebuilt in Eighteen Months (January 24, 1947)
4. Stars To appear In New Orleans For TC Relief (April 25, 1947)
5. Lists Personal Effects Of Bodies Of Unknown Persons (May 6, 1947)
6. Local Committee To Make All Disbursements Of Aid Funds (May 8, 1947)

* The Texas City Sun newspapers utilized in this exhibit were provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Moore Memorial Public Library. *