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[Aftermath of hurricane and flood in Galveston, 1900: barge full of dead bodies which were buried at sea, Sept. 10, 1900] – Historic Reproduction

[Aftermath of hurricane and flood in Galveston, 1900: barge full of dead bodies which were buried at sea, Sept. 10, 1900], 1900 — historic photograph
[Aftermath of hurricane and flood in Galveston, 1900: barge full of dead bodies which were buried at sea, Sept. 10, 1900], 1900. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Aftermath of hurricane and flood in Galveston, 1900: barge full of dead bodies which were buried at sea, Sept. 10, 1900]

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A barge loaded with storm victims, bound for burial at sea, is the subject of this view of Galveston, Texas, taken in the days after the hurricane that struck the island on September 8, 1900. The caption card is unverified, but it describes the bodies as buried at sea, a grim step taken when the dead overwhelmed local burial grounds. The storm flooded much of the low-lying island and remains the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, with death toll estimates in the thousands. The photograph was made by W.A. Green, a Galveston photographer.

Created / published1900
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by W.A. Green, Galveston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floods--1900; Storms--Hurricanes; Texas--Galveston; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,527 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132340

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