Vintage mask-wearing photos

[kpete]

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[Kali]

1. LOL @ smoker's mask

[backscatter712]

25. Maybe someone could start selling those at head shops and dispensaries...

[Tipperary]

2. I watched the 1918 flu pandemic show on PBS.

One line stood out to me: we all wore masks, but it was like stopping dust with chicken wire.

[uponit7771]

5. I saw that show, took me an hour to get up off the floor. We're doing no different than they did sav

... save the part were this country put a man on the moon before I was born but now we can't make test or N/95 masks

[Tipperary]

6. I know, right?

The parallels were frightening. I also rewatched And The Band Played On, which I saw suggested here. Almost the same maddening response.

[uponit7771]

8. On the list

[Tipperary]

10. I had seen it years ago, but wow, seeing it now.

I had forgotten all the stars in that. Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Ian McKellen, really a good movie.

[dewsgirl]

11. And the Band Played On is excellent.

[Tipperary]

13. I could not believe I had forgotten that movie.

I know I saw it before, but it hit home even more now. I lost many friends in the AIDS years. Sometimes I wonder if i have blocked that off in my mind.

[Ilsa]

3. The last one made me laugh. nt

[Hoyt]

4. Interesting. Last one reminds me of dying people smoking through tracheostomies.

[ramblin_dave]

7. Cats too

:large

[dewsgirl]

12. So freaking cute. I've really only seen dogs, maybe one cat.

[Maru Kitteh]

26. I freakin' LOVE this!

I using it for something.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Meanwhile we were told DO NOT WEAR A MASK!!! by Dear Leader's team

of morons until a few weeks ago. In fact we were told that they DO NOT WORK to stop the spread. I never listened and wore mine in public since the beginning of March during the few times when I went to buy food or doctors' visits. Even my doctors and dentists literally laughed at me, really.

[JCMach1]

18. They spread that lie so they could secure PPE

And N95's for healthcare


Probably they were right to do so given the selfish pigs we are seeing now.

[lostnfound]

14. What year was that? Where did you find them? Nt

[kpete]

19. 1918

Images from google image search
-tons more


peace,
kp

[lostnfound]

21. Thanks!

[crickets]

15. It's an interesting look back.

"Masks can be secured at Red Cross Headquarters or any drug or dry goods store."

What a difference it made when there was still a sense of the commons.

[Blue_true]

16. Our lack of community spirit to face a large challenge is due to one political

party, the modern Republican Party owns every ounce of the disharmony, and that party and it's king are doing everything possible to racket up the disharmony.

[Totally Tunsie]

17. Quite a find! Thanks for posting them.

[Maeve]

20. That first one is NOT from 1918 but fashion from 1913

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/women-wearing-flu-masks-1918/

This image is available via Alamy and presented with the title “Ladies’ fashion from 1913.” That image is also attached to a description in German that explains the trend imitated traditional veils worn in Turkey.

[SoonerPride]

22. Did people refuse to comply? Throw tantrums and fits and brandish long guns over it?

I doubt it.

[SoonerPride]

23. Georgia Tech football 1918

[Baclava]

24. Nothing they did saved them, some things never change