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Wearing masks a Seattle street car during the Spanish flu epidemic (b/w photograph)

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XOS4072726
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Wearing masks a Seattle street car during the Spanish flu epidemic (b/w photograph)
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American Photographer, (20th century) / American
Location
Private Collection
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1918 AD - 1920 AD (C20th AD)
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The influenza pandemic 1918-20 known as Spanish flu killed 10-20% of those infected, current estimates say 50–100 million people worldwide During the epidemic, everyone on street cars had to wear a mask - 260,000 were made in 3 days by 120 workers of the Seattle Chapter of the American Red Cross

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