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Title
[Waiting in line for masks]
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
[1918]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V2p66d
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. II, page 66 second from top right.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Line of people waiting for flu masks. The man in uniform and the nurse in the doorway are wearing masks, as are a few of those in line. A sign on the window bearing the Red Cross logo reads: "Influenza. Wear Your Mask." A sign underneath reads: " Enlist in the Army. We Must Win." Text written under photo: "At 30 Montgomery St Waiting in line for Masks."
Also have negative no. (4x5 in.): 29,686.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 3 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001381523CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4782
Subject
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--California--San Francisco
Masks
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Group portraits
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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