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IMAGO International History, Archive, USA, Spanish flu pandemic 1918-1920

Feb 2, 2026

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  • February 27, 1919, St. Louis, Missouri, USA: Members of the American Red Cross remove Spanish influenza victims from a house at Etzel and Page avenues in 1919. The flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common name the Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in the state of Kansas in the United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Nearly a third of the global population, or an estimated 500 million people, have been infected in four successive waves. Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million - ZUMAm67_ 19190227_pj1_s68_001 Copyright: xSt.xLouisxPost-Dispatchx
  • Children Wearing Camphor Bags during the Spanish Flu Epidemic, 1918 (b w photo) 1700685 Children Wearing Camphor Bags during the Spanish Flu Epidemic, 1918 (b w photo); (add.info.: Children wearing camphor bags around their neck to protect them from spanish flu epidemy, 1918). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1700685
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. The Red Cross serving hot chocolate to war workers in Washington, D.C. during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529263
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Influenza patients in the barracks hospital at Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins, Colorado, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529257
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Influenza patients in the barracks hospital at Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins, Colorado, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529256
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A woman, wearing a mask, shopping in New York City during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529253
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Red Cross workers in Boston, Massachusetts, preparing masks for American soldiers during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529252
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Red Cross workers in Boston, Massachusetts, preparing masks for American soldiers during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529249
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Troops at work in the hospital offices at Fort Porter in Buffalo, New York, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529247
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Soldiers wearing masks at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529246
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Red Cross nurses at work in Seattle, Washington, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529244
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Volunteer Red Cross nurses with patients in the barracks hospital at Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins, Colorado, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529243
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. The sterilizing room at the hospital camp at Emery Hill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, c1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529242
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. The hospital camp on the grounds of the Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline, Massachusetts, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, September 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529241
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. An outdoor hospital camp for influenza at Emery Hill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, c1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529240
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Clerks in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529238
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing face masks provided by the Red Cross. Photograph, December 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529237
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A nurse at the hospital camp on the grounds of the Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline, Massachusetts, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, September 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529236
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. An elevator operator in New York City wearing a mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529235
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Broadside issued by the Chicago Department of Health during the influenza pandemic, 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529234
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A street cleaner in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529229
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A street cleaner in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529228
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A group of street car conductors in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529227
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Volunteer nurses at a Red Cross hospital in Eureka, California, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1919. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529226
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Volunteer nurses at a Red Cross hospital in Eureka, California, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1919. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529225
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Volunteer nurses at a Red Cross hospital in Eureka, California, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1919. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529224
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Volunteer nurses in a Red Cross hospital in Eureka, California, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, 1919. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529223
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A barber in Cincinnati, Ohio, wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529222
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A typist in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529221
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A letter carrier in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529220
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Members of the U.S. Army Medical Corps and Quartermaster Corps outside of the hospital at Fort Porter in Buffalo, New York. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529219
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A traffic cop in New York City wearing a face mask during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529218
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. The 39th Regiment, wearing face masks provided by the Red Cross, marching in Seattle, Washington, prior to their departure for France. Photograph, December 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529217
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Men receiving a flu serum injection in Seattle, Washington, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, December 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529216
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. A street car conductor denying entry to passengers without face masks in Seattle, Washington, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, December 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529215
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Red Cross Motor Corps on duty during in St. Louis, Missouri, during the influenza pandemic. Photograph, October 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529214
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. An influenza patient in hospital at Fort Porter in Buffalo, New York. Photograph, November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529213
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Men at Camp Dix in New Jersey gargling salt water as a preventative measure against influenza. Photograph, September 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529212
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. American troops receiving a throat spray to prevent influenza at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. Photograph, December 1918 Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529211
  • FLU PANDEMIC, 1918. Convalescent influenza patients in quarantine at Eberts Field in Lonoke, Arkansas. Photograph, 7 November 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0529210
  • FLU WARD, c1918. The flu ward at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. Photograph, c1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0325765
  • INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC, 1918. Red Cross workers at Washington, D.C., during the influenza epidemic of 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0106597
  • FLU: WASHINGTON, 1918. American Red Cross volunteers at an emergency medical station at Washington, D.C., during the influenza epidemic of 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0083804
  • Community center diet kitchen for influenza patients, Salt Lake City (b w photo) 4072727 Community center diet kitchen for influenza patients, Salt Lake City (b w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The influenza pandemic 1918-20 known as Spanish flu killed 10-20% of those infected, current estimates say 50â� 100 million people worldwide). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072727
  • Wearing masks a Seattle street car during the Spanish flu epidemic (b w photograph) 4072726 Wearing masks a Seattle street car during the Spanish flu epidemic (b w photograph) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The influenza pandemic 1918-20 known as Spanish flu killed 10-20% of those infected, current estimates say 50â� 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). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 4072726
  • Spanish Flu 1918 - 1919 : Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1725288 Spanish Flu 1918 - 1919 : Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); (add.info.: Patients are set up in rows of beds on an open gallery, seperated by hung sheets. A nurse wears a cloth mask over her nose and mouth.). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1725288
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Advert for OXO against influenza infection 1918 OXO fortifies the system against influenza infection . Between January 1918 to December 1920 the influenza pandemic killed millions of mainly young healthy adults. Advert for OXO suggesting that if you drink a cupful of OXO two or three times a day, it will prove your immense service as a protective measure. Its invigorating and nourishing properties are most rapidly absorbed into the blood, and thus the system is reinforced to resist the attack of the malady. Date: 1918 Copyright: Gemini Picture No. 10643664
  • Advert for Evans Pastilles against influenza infection 1918 Take one in time Between January 1918 to December 1920 the influenza pandemic killed millions of mainly young healthy adults. The night is cold and foggy they have just left the hot vitiated atmosphere of crowded threatre, and are taking Evans Pastilles as the most effective way of preventing a chill. The germ of influenza, catarrh Pheaumonia and all diseases of the throat and lungs enter the system by the mouth and throat. Date: 1918 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13846790
  • New York NEW YORK CITY, USA -- circa 1919 -- Back on the Job.Red Cross women at the New York County Chapter at the workroom at 82nd street and Amsterdam Ave, New York, USA, turning out medical supplies and hospital equipment to be used by the city health department in its war on influenza. So complete was the organization of chapter units, that the first call for supplies enabled the Red Cross to mobilize its workers immediately and the seven health zones designated by the Health Department have been kept steadily reinforced with necessities. Throughout the 216 chapters of the Atlantic Division and everywhere else in the country, Red Cross women are cooperating with the health officials in the present emergency. The Spanish Flu - as it commonly became known - infected around 500 million people around the world and led to the deaths of bet EP_ATL
  • Camp Funston OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, USA -- circa 1918 -- During the 1918 flu epidemic, the Oakland Municipal Auditorium was used as a temporary hospital. The photograph depicts volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross caring for influenza sufferers in the Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California, USA during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920. The Spanish Flu - as it commonly became known - infected around 500 million people around the world and led to the deaths of between 17-100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history --, United States on. *** Camp Funston OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, USA circa 1918 During the 1918 flu epidemic, the Oakland Municipal Auditorium was used as a temporary hospital The photograph depicts volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross caring for influenza sufferers in the Oakland Auditorium, Oakla EP_ATL
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