Texas real photo postcard

• not posted
• has EKC on stamp box which normally dates 1945 to 1950
• titled:  Searching in the ruins / Texas City, Tex April 16, 1947
• This disaster was the deadliest industrial accident in history.  The mid morning fire started on board the S S Grandchamp & detonated her cargo of 2,300 tons of ammonia nitrate which started a chain reaction of fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil storage facilities killing at least 581 people including all but 1 of the Texas Fire Dept.  5,000 injured / 500 homes destroyed and hundreds damaged
• The L L Cook Co - M527
• Please note that the majority of the cards are over 50 years old and as such, are sold AS IS. Tears will be noted but it would be too timely to note each fault on every card. If condition is important to you - contact us with our number in the title & what it is that you would like to know or what it is that you would like pictured more closely.
• Because of the age of the cards - they are noted as being USED - no matter if they are written on or not.