Warning! Rat Poison Among Rocks
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:
Two men posing in front of a rat poison warning sign along the Galveston Seawall. A large amount of poison was placed under the rocks on the Seawall. It was assumed that the rats were dying under the rocks as not many dead rats were found nearby.