Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas - c.1918

Item

Title

Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas - c.1918

Description

Beds with patients in an emergency hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, in the midst of the influenza epidemic. The flu struck while America was at war and was transported across the Atlantic on troop ships.

Date

c.1918

Format

Photograph

Language

English

Rights

Public domain

Subject

Spanish Flu
Pandemic
Hospitals
Medicine
Soldiers
Emergency

Source

OHA 250: New Contributed Photographs Collection, Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine

Spatial Coverage

Camp Funston, Kansas

Item sets

This item was submitted on March 27, 2020 by [anonymous user] using the form “Digital Submissions” on the site “Documenting COVID-19 in Niagara”: https://exhibits.library.brocku.ca/s/COVID-Niagara

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