Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Influenza epidemic impedes war progress. Trolley car windows were kept open to prevent the spread of Spanish Influenza which did much to slow up war progress in this country. This photo was taken in Cincinnati. The practice of keeping windows open was n

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Precautions taken in Seattle, Washington, during the Spanish Influenza epidemic would not permit any one to ride on the street cars without wearing a mask. The Red Cross made 260,000 masks

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks for protection against influenza. New York City conductorettes wearing masks

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Influenza epidemic impedes war progress. To prevent as much as possible the spread of Spanish Influenza, Cincinnati barbers are wearing masks. Barbers all over the country took this precaution

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Fighting influenza in Seattle. Flu serum injection, Seattle, Washington

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Influenza masks worn by soldiers in camp. Soldiers at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, wearing the influenza masks. The fort was quarantined during the worst days of the epidemic

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Wear anti-influenza masks on streets. Soldiers passing through Cincinnati on furlough, bring their anti Spanish Influenza masks along from Camp Gordon

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Fighting influenza in the United States Army. To combat the epidemic of influenza which has stricken a number of soldiers and sailors, a special camp has been fitted up on the grounds of the Correy Hill Hospital at Brookline, Massachusetts. A general vi

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Spanish Influenza in army hospitals. Masks and cubicles used in United States of America General Hospital Number 4, Fort Porter, New York. Patients' beds are reversed, alternately so breath of one patient will not be directed toward the face of another