Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks as protection against influenza. Street cleaner wearing the influenza mask

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks for protection against influenza. 1700 of these masks were distributed by policemen to all police stations, to be used whenever duty calls

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks for protection against influenza. Nurses in Boston hospitals equipped to fight influenza

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks for protection against influenza. Girl clerks in New York at work with masks carefully tied about their faces

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks for protections against influenza. Young women wear masks on shopping expeditions

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing masks made by the Seattle Chapter of the Red Cross, during the influenza epidemic

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - Masks for protection against influenza. Typist wearing her influenza mask. Aroused by hold that disease has taken in New York City, New York, practically every worker has muffled their faces in gauze masks as a protection against disease

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 - Combatting influenza in Seattle. At work in the Red Cross rooms in Seattle, Washington, with influenza masks on faces