Photograph labeled A typical scene near the sea wall
 Accession#: 
G-17713FF9.1-4
 Title: 
"A typical scene near the sea wall"
 Author: 
 Format: 
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.
 Date: 
[Aug 1915]
Terms: 
Seawall; U.S. Army; Soldiers; Looters; Morris-Carter Photo Supply Co.

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Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. November 2001.