General Discussion

packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:04 AM Apr 2020

Colorized Pixs of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918

?iv=118

?iv=118

More:

https://designyoutrust.com/2020/03/haunting-colorized-photos-reveal-the-devastation-caused-by-the-spanish-flu-which-killed-at-least-fifty-million/

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Colorized Pixs of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 (Original Post) packman Apr 2020 OP

Amazing what color does to the feeling of a picture. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #1

High heeled boots on those nurses! Lars39 Apr 2020 #2

I don't think those are high heels. It's probably the lighting or colorization that makes them look mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #3

The nurses loading that patient on the truck(?) Lars39 Apr 2020 #4

Looking close, I think the most obvious "high heel" was just caught in motion... JHB Apr 2020 #5

They look pretty flat to me. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #7

Crowding the sick and the healthy.... SergeStorms Apr 2020 #6

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

1. Amazing what color does to the feeling of a picture.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:06 AM

Apr 2020

Lars39

(26,109 posts)

2. High heeled boots on those nurses!

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:10 AM

Apr 2020

My feet are cringing.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,403 posts)

3. I don't think those are high heels. It's probably the lighting or colorization that makes them look

Reply to Lars39 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:44 AM

Apr 2020

that way.

Source: https://dcist.com/story/20/04/03/when-the-district-took-on-the-1918-flu-epidemic-they-used-strategies-we-are-still-using-today/

Lars39

(26,109 posts)

4. The nurses loading that patient on the truck(?)

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:45 AM

Apr 2020

were the ones I noticed.

JHB

(37,158 posts)

5. Looking close, I think the most obvious "high heel" was just caught in motion...

Reply to Lars39 (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:58 AM

Apr 2020

...or else the dirt there wasn't too flat. Her heel is up, but not because of a thick boot heel.

Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)

7. They look pretty flat to me. n/t

Reply to Lars39 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:29 AM

Apr 2020

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)

6. Crowding the sick and the healthy....

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:26 AM

Apr 2020

into one tightly enclosed area. That certainly didn't help the spread of the virus. They were only slightly more medically advanced than using leeches and shaman's incantations it seems. Who knows how many died because of poor sanitary conditions?

Reply to this discussion