Flu Outbreak - Police Wear Masks
Like everyone else, these police officers in Seattle wore face masks made by the Red Cross. Although the worst of the second-wave crisis had passed, this picture - taken in December of 1918 - shows that the flu outbreak was still a serious threat.
CreditsPhoto online, courtesy U.S. National Archives - image 165-WW-269B-25.
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