More: 100 years ago, Philadelphia chose a parade over social distancing during the 1918 Spanish flu – and paid a heavy price In other words, more cautious behavior, preventive measures and ...

How the Spanish flu hit Philadelphia In September 1918, Philadelphia held a planned Liberty Loan Parade to promote the government bonds that were being issued to pay for World War I.

100 years ago, Philadelphia chose a parade over social distancing during the 1918 Spanish flu – and paid a heavy price George Petras, and Karl Gelles USA TODAY ...

An archive image of an ad that was played on a trolley during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) The virus ripped through the city, ultimately killing about 12,000 people, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In 1918, the city of Philadelphia became a cautionary tale after a series of decisions led to a huge resurgence of the Spanish Flu. CBS3's Joe Holden spoke to employees at a ...

And then you have things like the flu like how simple it was, but it was killing so many people," said Brown. While a lot has changed in the last 100 years, historians still say it's important to ...

The Philadelphia Bureau of Public Health had issued a bulletin about the so-called Spanish Influenza as early as July 1918.

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including about 675,000 in the United States. But no American city was hit harder than Philadelphia.

The Spanish flu pandemic killed 50 million people worldwide, ... Oct. 18, 1918, 759 people died of flu in Philadelphia, according to John Barry’s definitive history, “The Great Influenza.” ...

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