(Original Caption) 1918-Chicago, Illinois- Inspecting Chicago street cleaners for Spanish influenza. Officials are wearing gauze masks.
(Original Caption) New York Street cleaner wearing mask to check the spread of the influenza epidemic. "Better be ridiculous then dead" is the view of one official. BPA2# 3019
In an unspecified barbershop, a man receives a shave from a barber in an influenza mask during the ongoing pandemic, Chicago, Illinois, 1918. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)
Women wear cloth surgical-style masks to protect against influenza. A worldwide influenza epidemic killed 20 million people between 1918 and 1920.
View of Red Cross staff members, seated at long tables, as they make influenza masks during the ongoing pandemic, Chicago, Illinois, 1918. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)
