Rat Trappers

ID: 223 ~ Source: Image is in the Public Domain, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. ~ Date: 1914

This file appears in: Wharf Rats, the Plague, and Public Health

In order to prevent a full-blown epidemic of the plague, city officials hired men to capture and kill rats throughout New Orleans.

This file appears in: Wharf Rats, the Plague, and Public Health

Wharf Rats, the Plague, and Public Health

By Alison Laurence & John Lee

New Orleans has been a major port since the early 18th century. Until the 1960's, warehouses stood along this part of the river. These warehouses, or wharves, used to teem with the infamous "wharf…