11/01/1918: Busy Making Flu Masks
Item
Title
11/01/1918: Busy Making Flu Masks
Creator
The Eau Claire Leader
Source
Newspaper Archive
Date
November 1, 1918
Coverage
Eau Claire, Wi
Description
Newspaper article about the Red Cross in Eau Claire making masks to protect from influenza.
Format
Newspaper
Rights
Public domain. For more information contact Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire.
Publisher
The Eau Claire Leader
transcription
"Red Cross headquarters presented a busy scene yesterday. Some 25 women worked on influenza masks of which about 300 have been turned out during the last four days."