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Influenza Quarantine Sign, undated
Courtesy Exhibit Envoy
Health officials posted signs like this one on buildings occupied by quarantined influenza victims. During 1918-1919, the Spanish Flu epidemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. By the end of 1918, more than 675,000 Americans had died from the flu, most between the ages of 19 and 42.