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A streetcar conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers aboard without a mask during the Spanish Flu pandemic, 1918.

“Wear a mask or go to jail” , California, 1918.


People stand together while wearing masks in an effort to protect themselves from the Spanish Flu. The 1918 Spanish flu killed up to 50 million people around the world and has been called “the mother of all pandemics”.

“Please Don’t Kiss Me!” A mom asks not to kiss her baby to avoid catching the flu, 1939.

Black man drinking at white only fountain, 1964.

A koala drinks from a spoon, Australia, 1900.

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