Date
1879
ID Number
31945
Source
Library Photograph Collection, Oversize
Description
Illustration, likely from Harper's Weekly, depicting five scenes of quarantine rule in Memphis during the yellow fever epidemic. The scenes featured are "Relieving the Guard of the Colored Patrol", "Examining the Credentials of Passengers Bound to and From Memphis by Railroad", "Camp of the M'Clellan Guards and Zouaves on the Bluff", "Headquarters of the Board of Health- Disinfecting- Wagons About to Start on Their Rounds," and "Method of Bringing Food into the City".
URL
https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll18/id/259/rec/7
Owning Institution
Tennessee State Library & Archives
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