Spanish Flu Ward

Photograph of Influenza Ward at Walter Reed Hospital

This photograph shows a patient and nurse in the influenza ward at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC, during the Spanish flu epidemic.

Movements of soldiers internationally and domestically helped to spread the flu virus and the overlap of the war and the pandemic makes it difficult to isolate the economic and financial effects of each. 

To learn more about the Spanish flu, and how it compares to the current pandemic, see CBS Sunday Morning's video:

Objects and Images Related to 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

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Emergency Hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas Emergency Hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas

British Troops in France British Troops in France

Mortality Rate Chart Mortality Rates in the US and Europe, Fall 1918

US Troops to Transport US Troops to Transport, New Rochelle, NY

Spanish Flu Ward Spanish Flu Ward at Walter Reed Hospital

Face Masks and Flu Ordinances Face Masks and Flu Ordinances

President Woodrow Wilson Portrait of Woodrow Wilson