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Photo - Tragedy on the home front - Did you know that...
Men Wearing Masks During the Spanish Flu, Alberta Fall 1918
The practice of wearing surgical masks in public places became commonplace as the public feared a killer that they could not see.
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Photographer: Unknown
PA-025025
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