Part of a Day’s Catch

Subject: 
Bubonic plague, Extermination, Galveston Plague Laboratory, Hazard signs, Seawall (Galveston, Texas), United States Public Health Service
Geographic Area: 
Galveston, Texas
Date: 
1920
Archives: 
Moody Medical Library - Bubonic Plague Strikes Galveston
Description: 
Tagged rats, some still in traps piled in front of trappers. On average a total of 500 to 600 rats were caught daily.