Three Species of Rats

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: 
Three rat species referred to as Norway, Black, and Gray hanging from string. The majority of the rats caught were of the Norway species.