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

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 - The 39th Regiment on its way to France marched through the streets of Seattle, Washington, every one provided with a mask made by the Seattle Chapter of the Red Cross

Medical Department - Influenza Epidemic 1918 - GAUZE MASKS PREVENT SPREADING OF INFLUENZA. At the Red Cross Headquarters workers are busily engaged in turning out gauze masks to prevent Spanish Influenza Soldiers in many army camps are wearing them

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. Red Cross workers making anti-influenza masks for soldiers in camp. Boston, Massachusetts

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