Photographic Documentation of Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Sites and Rats in Los Angeles, 1924

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Photographic Documentation of Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Sites and Rats in Los Angeles, 1924

BANC PIC 1988.052--PIC

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Trapping Districts, Rats Caught, Human Cases. No. 1-3

Trapping districts to Nov. 30, 1924.

Showing rats trapped to Nov. 30, 1924.

Showing human cases to Nov. 30, 1924.

Personnel - Crews. No. 4-19

Executive heads - Rodent Extermination Department, under Supervision of State Board of Health.

Rat-proofing inspectors - Plague Campaign, Los Angeles.

Wrecking crew and equipment - Rodent Extermination Department.

Wrecking crews and equipment.

Disinfecting crew with spray machine at oil tank.

Disinfecting crew - spray machine and transportation equipment.

Poison distributors with cans of poison rat baits.

Poison distributors with cans of poison rat baits.

Foreman Treat's sub-station crew - 4412 So. Vermont St.

Foreman W. H. King's sub-station crew - Chinatown crew - Apaplasa and So. Alameda Sts.

O'Conner's sub-station crew - 1520 West 23rd St.

Foreman Smith's sub-station crew - 1010 West 3rd. St.

Squirrel hunters with one day's bag of 178 ground squirrels.

Church Laboratory. No. 20-21

Church used as emergency laboratory. Bauchet and Avila Streets.

8th Street Laboratory. No. 22-31

New laboratory at 1015 East Eighth Street, Los Angeles.

Interior of laboratory at 1015 East Eighth Street.

Rats nailed to boards, ready for skinning.

Inoculated guinea pigs kept in screened cans.

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Trapping Districts, Rats Caught, Human Cases. No. 1-3

Personnel - Crews. No. 4-19

Church Laboratory. No. 20-21

8th Street Laboratory. No. 22-31

Rats - Various. No. 32-45

742 Clara Street, Focus of Outbreak - Foci. No. 46-62

5725 Brooklyn Ave. - Bubonic Case [i.e. Cases]. No. 63-75

Grocery Where First Plague Rat Found. No. 76-78

136 N. San Pedro. No. 79-89

[Packing Plant, N. Main St.] No. 90-101

1500 [and 1501] E. 4th St. No. 102-116

[First St., Central Ave., S. Main St.] No. 117-132

City Dump. No. 133-140

[N. Broadway, Hauser Packing Co.] No. 141-152

Stables and Gravel Pit. No. 153-155

[Hunter St.] No. 156-162

San Pedro Hog Ranch. No. 163-172

E. 6th and 7th, Imperial. No. 173-188

E. 7th and Santa Fe, (Foci). No. 189-196

2039 E. 7th, (Foci). No. 197-226

115 E. 2nd St. No. 227-233

[135-136 E. 2nd St., N. Main St.] No. 234-246

Elmyra Street District. No. 247-270

Katahatas [i.e. Kahataha] Hog Ranch. No. 271-278

752 S. Hill Street. No. 279-281

E. 1st and Central Ave. District. No. 282-292

Jackson and San Pedro. No. 293-307

801 S. Olive St. No. 308-313

105 W. 7th St. No. 314-315

[512-514 W. 8th St.] No. 316-320

North First and Rio Sts. No. 321-326

North Utah St. District - Anderson St. No. 327-355a

Banning Street District. No. 356-365

[Turner St.] No. 366-368

626 N. Main St. No. 369-370

[N. Main St.] No. 371-378

South Alameda St. No. 379-384

[Hewett St., S. Broadway] No. 385-390

Gladys Ave. District. No. 391-397

Southern Pacific Railway Deport [i.e. Depot] District. No. 398-435

2112 So. Central. No. 436

[E. 5th, E. 6th, E. 8th, S. Central Ave., Kolster St.] No. 437-446

Vernon District. No. 447-483

Hemlock, E. 9th, Bush District. No. 484-486

813 S. Central, Foci. No. 487-516

219 S. Hill. No. 517-519

521-523 W. 1st St. No. 520-522

501 New High St. No. 523-527

[New High St., Temple St., Diamond St., Sacramento St., Wilson St., E. 8th, E. 9th, Santa Fe Ave., Stables] No. 528-566

No. Alameda and Aliso Sts. No. 567-617