Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Postal carrier 1918

During the flu pandemic.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Turns out the U.S. Mail was one of the ways the flu was taken from city to city in 1918. People thought those masks would help, but the flu virus is so tiny it was “like trying to keep out dust with chicken wire.” PBS has a good “American Experience” documentary about the 1918 flu.