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Men with Cadaver

Description: Copy negative of Dr. W. J. Cummings and Dr. Dunning with a cadaver at Galveston Medical School. The men are standing behind the rotted body wearing aprons and button-up shirts and up pieces of the body with instruments. In the background is a hanging skeleton.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Rescue workers recover a body from the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Seven men climb over wooden and metal debris carrying an unidentified body. Two men in the foreground on the left, and another man behind on the right, are watching. Large pieces of metal and wooden debris litter the ground. Cars are parked behind the men, with windows broken or blown out. On the bottom of the picture is the caption "Texas City Disaster, April 16, 1947".
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Searching for submerged bodies after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Three men are standing in a small boat using oars to check for submerged bodies in the port area after the explosions. The boat and the men are smeared with oil/petroleum. Wooden and metal debris covers the surface of the water behind the men. On the back of the photograph is written "Searching for submerged bodies."
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Coffin with Lace Pall]

Description: Photograph of a coffin covered by a lace pall and bouquets of flowers on a raised wheeled platform. A man at right appears to place a bouquet of flowers at the head of the coffin, while two funeral-goers stand to the left of the coffin. A hearse is faintly visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bartlett's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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[News Clip: Rover Latest]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 6, 1997, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Deceased photograph of Desiderio Lasano shortly after he was shot]

Description: Photograph of Desiderio Lasano shortly after he was shot to death. Lasano was a 23 year-old Mexican who was slain on April 29, 1938. The typed information on the back of the photograph reads, "On the night of April 29th, 1938 - Deciderio Losano (Mexican) 27 years old. Deciderio was shot with a 380 automatic pistole when he was trying to his his brother, Guadalupte Lasano, who has just been shot and killed with the same pistol and by the same Claudio Quiroz. Deciderio and his brother Guadalupe w… more
Date: April 29, 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Coffins]

Description: Copy negative of coffins of deceased American soldiers about to be shipped to hometowns. The coffins are sitting on top of crates. There is a wooden building behind the coffins.
Date: 1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Unknown number of human skeletal remains contained within a stone wall]

Description: Photograph, possibly brought back from Cuba, by the Hinson-Wessendorff family, of an unknown number of human skeletal remains contained within a stone wall. There is another stucco wall with ornate stucco posts at intervals along the wall in the background. The photograph is mounted on a black cardboard substrate.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[American Indian Remains]

Description: Photograph of a set of American Indian remains in Waco, Texas. Within the image multiple sets of American Indian remains are visible particularly human skulls and rib cages. Additional information provided identifies the remains were found South 3rd Street, near a sewage plant in Waco.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Deceased photograph of Guadalupe Lasano shortly after he was shot]

Description: Photograph of Guadalupe Lasano shortly after he was shot to death. Lasano was a 34 year-old Mexican who was slain on April 29, 1938. The typed information on the back of the photograph reads, "Guadalupe Losano, the first of the two brothers killed. He had a gun in his belt which was a 32-20 caliber. The gun has been fired twice. Guadalupe was shot once between the eyes, once in the left shoulder (rear) and once thru the heart. Murdered April 29, 1938. Losano brothers were both drinking and both… more
Date: April 29, 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Deceased photograph of Perry Gamble's body, following his suicide by train]

Description: Photograph of Perry Gamble's body, following his suicide by train. Typed on the back of the photograph, "The body of Perry Gamble - On the night of April 23rd, 1939, Perry Gamble left his house one mile north of Foard City at three o'clock in the morning and went to the rail road. The fireman on the train saw him standing beside the track. Just before the train got to him, he throwed his hands up and dove in front of the train. Eleven cards passed over his body. Both hands, both feet and his he… more
Date: April 23, 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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