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An historical portrait

Oct. 1st, 2013 at 3:56 PM
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...As the flu season begins:



Group portrait during the flu epidemic, Dublin, California. I'm pretty sure that's a tiny mask.

"By 1919, the influenza pandemic killed between 20 and 40 million people. So great was the fear of contracting this deadly virus that people as far away as Dublin took whatever precautions they could to protect themselves."

Source: Collection of the Dublin Heritage Museum, via Calisphere. Link: http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt309nd94c/

(found via Vintage Cats page on FB)
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