US soldiers of the 39th Regiment marching in Seattle, WA before heading off to France. The soldiers are wearing gauze masks to protect against influenza (flu). The masks were totally ineffectual. After the First World War, there was a global influenza pandemic, known as the Spanish Flu (1918-1919). A fifth of the world's population was infected, and between 20 and 50 million people died. Such pandemics occur when a new infectious virus appears for which the human population has no immunity. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/us-soldiers-of-the-39th-regiment-marching-in-seattle-wa-before-heading-off-to-france-the-soldiers-are-wearing-gauze-masks-to-protect-against-influenza-flu-the-masks-were-totally-ineffectual-after-the-first-world-war-there-was-a-global-influenza-pandemic-known-as-the-spanish-flu-1918-1919-a-fifth-of-the-worlds-population-was-infected-and-between-20-and-50-million-people-died-such-pandemics-occur-when-a-new-infectious-virus-appears-for-which-the-human-population-has-no-immunity-image458813400.html
RM2HJCN4T–US soldiers of the 39th Regiment marching in Seattle, WA before heading off to France. The soldiers are wearing gauze masks to protect against influenza (flu). The masks were totally ineffectual. After the First World War, there was a global influenza pandemic, known as the Spanish Flu (1918-1919). A fifth of the world's population was infected, and between 20 and 50 million people died. Such pandemics occur when a new infectious virus appears for which the human population has no immunity.
Open air school in the Netherlands, 1918, at the time of the Spanish Flu. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/open-air-school-in-the-netherlands-1918-at-the-time-of-the-spanish-flu-image440582215.html
RM2GGP733–Open air school in the Netherlands, 1918, at the time of the Spanish Flu.
Flu symptoms chart, USA, 1918 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/flu-symptoms-chart-usa-1918-image352809193.html
RM2BDYRM9–Flu symptoms chart, USA, 1918
Interior of a hospital ward at the Base Hospital, Camp Jackson, South Carolina, during the influenza epidemic. September and October, 1918. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/interior-of-a-hospital-ward-at-the-base-hospital-camp-jackson-south-carolina-during-the-influenza-epidemic-september-and-october-1918-image458814104.html
RM2HJCP20–Interior of a hospital ward at the Base Hospital, Camp Jackson, South Carolina, during the influenza epidemic. September and October, 1918.
A woman sick at home with influenza during the Spanish flu pandemic, November, 1918. Original caption: 'Her sister had not seen Mrs. Brown for almost a week, and with Mr. Brown a soldier in France, she became so worried she telephoned Red Cross Home Service which arrived just in time to rescue Mrs. Brown from the clutches of influenza.' The Spanish flu of 1918 - 1920 was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-woman-sick-at-home-with-influenza-during-the-spanish-flu-pandemic-november-1918-original-caption-her-sister-had-not-seen-mrs-brown-for-almost-a-week-and-with-mr-brown-a-soldier-in-france-she-became-so-worried-she-telephoned-red-cross-home-service-which-arrived-just-in-time-to-rescue-mrs-brown-from-the-clutches-of-influenza-the-spanish-flu-of-1918-1920-was-an-unusually-deadly-influenza-pandemic-caused-by-the-h1n1-influenza-a-virus-image458811803.html
RM2HJCK3R–A woman sick at home with influenza during the Spanish flu pandemic, November, 1918. Original caption: 'Her sister had not seen Mrs. Brown for almost a week, and with Mr. Brown a soldier in France, she became so worried she telephoned Red Cross Home Service which arrived just in time to rescue Mrs. Brown from the clutches of influenza.' The Spanish flu of 1918 - 1920 was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus.
Sick at Home with Spanish Flu, 1918 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/sick-at-home-with-spanish-flu-1918-image386295815.html
RF2DCD873–Sick at Home with Spanish Flu, 1918
Spanish Flu Emergency Hospital, South Carolina, 1918 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/spanish-flu-emergency-hospital-south-carolina-1918-image386296988.html
RF2DCD9N0–Spanish Flu Emergency Hospital, South Carolina, 1918
A masked barber during the 1918 Influenza, also known as the Spanish flu. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-masked-barber-during-the-1918-influenza-also-known-as-the-spanish-flu-image458813759.html
RM2HJCNHK–A masked barber during the 1918 Influenza, also known as the Spanish flu.
A boy wearing a Huyck brand sitting-out bag (a coat with a bag attached to the bottom) to stay warm in an open air school in New York, 1918, at the time of the Spanish Flu pandemicirca Photographed by Jessie Tarbox Beals. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-boy-wearing-a-huyck-brand-sitting-out-bag-a-coat-with-a-bag-attached-to-the-bottom-to-stay-warm-in-an-open-air-school-in-new-york-1918-at-the-time-of-the-spanish-flu-pandemicirca-photographed-by-jessie-tarbox-beals-image440582197.html
RF2GGP72D–A boy wearing a Huyck brand sitting-out bag (a coat with a bag attached to the bottom) to stay warm in an open air school in New York, 1918, at the time of the Spanish Flu pandemicirca Photographed by Jessie Tarbox Beals.
Emergency hospital during the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic. Ward, Section X, Base Hospital, Camp Jackson, South Carolina, September-October, 1918. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/emergency-hospital-during-the-1918-spanish-influenza-epidemic-ward-section-x-base-hospital-camp-jackson-south-carolina-september-october-1918-image458814246.html
RM2HJCP72–Emergency hospital during the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic. Ward, Section X, Base Hospital, Camp Jackson, South Carolina, September-October, 1918.
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