#1918pandemic

[librarycompany]

#OnThisDay in 1918, a Liberty Loan parade took place in Philadelphia during the flu pandemic. The event attracted 200,000 attendees and sparked a massive outbreak that claimed 12,000 lives.

Lillie Showell, the younger sister of WWI veteran Arthur Showell, was one of the many Americans who died during the pandemic. African Americans experienced large disparities in care that were exacerbated by subpar living conditions in segregated neighborhoods. 

[Lillie Showell], ca. 1917. Gelatin silver mounted on cardboard.

[californiastatelibrary]

Book of the Week

The featured Book of the Week is great for anyone wanting to get some perspective on current events through the lens of history; specifically, through our collection of historic California periodicals. Gain some hindsight from the pages of the 1918 issues of The San Francisco Newsletter, when California was also grappling with the first wave of a global pandemic. While circumstances were obviously different at the time, many of the same issues- from mask-wearing opposition and contempt for restrictions, to sweeping economic insecurity. The California History Room is currently closed to patrons while we work out the details of our re-opening, but in the meantime you can access some of our digitized materials (including our issues of The San Francisco Newsletter) on the Internet Archive from home!  https://archive.org/details/sfnewsletter95unse/page/n5/mode/2up

[chapin68]

#1918pandemic #h1n1 #influenza The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html https://www.instagram.com/p/CBee1ClBjNt/?igshid=4udexv4yuqyh

[bachata4]

#nyc in the 1918 swain flu (Spanish flu) #1918pandemic https://www.instagram.com/p/CAc5LDUlYwx/?igshid=uc4ciaspuf94

[djohnelartista]

Datos de una pandemia pasada. . . . . . #pandemia #lagripeespañola #philadelphia1918flu #1918pandemic #datoshistóricos #2020pandemic #aprendedelpasado #quiennoconocelahistoriaestacondenadoarepetirla #covid_19 #quedateencasa #djohnelartista https://www.instagram.com/p/B_dBL6gHxwN/?igshid=byhh26uka0sp

[warriorandthestorm]

#covid #covid19 #1918pandemic #socialdistancing #remember https://www.instagram.com/p/B_G_Owgp96W/?igshid=1k6ugrtapny75