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Elevator girl with flu mask, 1918
In the fall of 1918, the worldwide influenza epidemic hit Seattle. The flu was sudden and deadly. The city's health commissioner banned dances and closed theaters, churches, and schools. At the height of the epidemic, anyone going out in public was required by law to wear a mask made of six layers of gauze. This was supposed to keep the flu germs from spreading. This 1918 photo shows a woman elevator operator in a Seattle building wearing her flu mask. *Subjects (LCTGM): Elevators; Communicable diseases; Women--Employment Influenza; Public health
- Date
- 1918
- Photographer / author
- Webster & Stevens
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 700 × 873 pixels
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Reason: its US copyright has expired (published before 1931).
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"Elevator girl with flu mask, 1918" (1918). Webster & Stevens, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elevator_girl_with_flu_mask,_1918_(MOHAI_5447).jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 115319.
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