David Zornig, I’m not sure but it seems the pictures you linked may have been taken at a re-opening. Included in the text below the pictures, “The Showboat Theater, a Texas City landmark that was damaged and rebuilt several times during the period of 1942 to 1949, was known for its neon tower, which lit up what was then the downtown district of Texas City.” That was before my time but I know there was a lot of damage from a hurricane in 1943, and there was damage in that area from the explosions in ‘47.
David Zornig, I’m not sure but it seems the pictures you linked may have been taken at a re-opening. Included in the text below the pictures, “The Showboat Theater, a Texas City landmark that was damaged and rebuilt several times during the period of 1942 to 1949, was known for its neon tower, which lit up what was then the downtown district of Texas City.” That was before my time but I know there was a lot of damage from a hurricane in 1943, and there was damage in that area from the explosions in ‘47.