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Accession#:
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G-17713FF9.1-4 |
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Title:
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"A typical scene near the sea wall" |
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Author:
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Format:
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B/w photograph; 5.2 x 10.0 cm |
| Description: | "A typical scene near the sea wall. These houses simply sank in the sand. All that this whole island needs is water to make it a quicksand. The soldiers are the guards to prevent looting. At the R is the sea wall." Verso stamped: Morris-Carter Photo Supply Co., Galveston, Tex. |
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Date:
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[Aug 1915] |
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Terms:
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Seawall; U.S. Army; Soldiers; Looters; Morris-Carter Photo Supply Co. |
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> GTHC > 1915
Storm > Residential
> Photograph
labeled A typical scene near the sea wall
Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg
Library, Galveston, Texas. November 2001.