1918-19 Spanish flu ambulance

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1918-19 Spanish flu ambulance

An ambulance in St. Louis, Missouri, picks up a patient believed to be infected with influenza in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 50 million people or more worldwide. Credit: National Archives

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  • Created By: Ben Brumfield
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jan 7, 2019 - 2:50pm
  • Last Updated: Jan 7, 2019 - 2:50pm