Mosquito Control

Black and white photograph showing a man in mid-twentieth century clothes, chaps, and a bowler hat holding a pump sprayer. The photograph shows houses in the distance and marsh grass in the foreground.

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Title

Mosquito Control

Description

WPA workers are shown here spraying fuel oil to kill malaria mosquitoes in the area adjacent to the U.S. Army's recreation center and other army and navy facilities on the lakefront. The work of malaria control is being carried on under a national defense project in the vicinity of military reservations throughout Louisiana. Daniel L. Schmucker is in charge of the work. Exterior.

Source

Works Progress Administrative Photograph Collection, City Archives & Special Collections, New Orleans Public Library

Date

8/4/1941

Rights

Use with the permission and discretion of the source

Collection

Spanish Fort

Citation

“Mosquito Control,” GNOArch: The Archaeology of the Greater New Orleans Area, accessed October 22, 2026, https://gnoarch.com/items/show/852.

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