We have begun to gather (and wll continue to update) a collection of public domain photographs and clippings from the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic.
Patients at moving picture show wearing masks because of an influenza epidemic. U. S. Army Hospital Number 30, Royat, France Photograph courtesy The National Library of Medicine. The NLM believes this item to be in the public domain.“Concerning Masks,” Calgary Herald , October 26, 2018.“To Prevent Influenza,” Illustrated Current News , October 18, 1918, photo by Paul Thompson. Photograph courtesy The National Library of Medicine. The NLM believes this item to be in the public domain.“A-tich-oo!! Good evening. I’m the New Influenza!!” Ernest Noble This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Interior View - Influenza Ward U.S. Army Field Hospital No. 29 Photograph courtesy The National Library of Medicine. The NLM believes this item to be in the public domain.The Interior of a Hospital Tent , 1918 John S. Sargent Late in September 1918, while gathering material for Gassed near Peronne, Sargent was struck down with influenza and taken to a hospital near Roisel. Here, he spent a week in a hospital bed next to the war-wounded, which inspired this work. Public domain; description courtesty the Imperial War Museum.The Madison Eagle , November 22, 1918Weekly Bulletin of the Department of Health , October 12, 1918Bellingham Herald , 1918“When in Quarantine,” Telephone Advertisement Wikimedia Commons“The Passing Enemy,” November 2, 1919 Gordon Brewster“Influenza Blues,” 1919 Sheet Music Cover. Lyrics by Robert P. Smith; music by Malvin M. Franklin. A song in the broadway show A Lonely Romeo
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