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Salvaging from houses submerged in sand
Salvaging from houses submerged in sand
TitleSalvaging from houses submerged in sand
CreatorFrazier, Rex Dunbar [photographer]
DescriptionWrecked houses submerged in sand on the east end of Galveston on Seawall Boulevard. People can be seen inside the ruin of one of the houses, presumably salvaging belongings.
CaptionFrom scrapbook: "East end houses, submerged in sand"
Date1915?
Genreblack-and-white photographs
Subject.Topical (AAT)natural disasters
hurricanes
houses
Subject.Topical (Local)Drifting/Damage
Buildings/Streets
Subject (Geographic)Galveston, Texas
Original CollectionGalveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs, 1915 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=295
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1997-002, Box 1997-002, Folder 23
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File nameghp034-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital