The Snapshots in Time Collection
Soldiers Wearing Influenza Gauze Masks in Front of Barracks, Presidio of San Francisco, 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Soldiers at the Presidio of San Francisco don gauze influenza masks during the deadly 1918 pandemic. Crowded Army barracks were especially vulnerable to the outbreak, prompting posts nationwide to mandate mask-wearing and other precautions -- a striking historical parallel to public health measures a century later. Project: 218572