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Images from the 1957 Influenza Epidemic

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Emergency Hospital MIS 57-717-28 - Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman,1957. The first in the U.S. to identify the Asian flu virus.

Loading Broth in Box 58-15573-60 - Loading Broth in Box, July 9, 1957.

Freezing Broth 58-15573-61 - Freezing Broth, July 9, 1957.

Broth Gargle 58-15573-62 - Broth Gargle, July 9, 1957.

Broth Gargle 58-15573-63 - Broth Gargle, July 9, 1957.

Soldier Gargling Broth 58-15573-64 - Soldier Gargling Broth, July 11, 1957.

Loading Broth onto Airplane 58-15573-65 - Loading Broth onto Airplane,
July 11, 1957.

Loading Broth 58-15573-66 - Loading Broth, July 11, 1957.

Child Gargling Broth, Sagamihara Hospital, Japan, August 9, 1957 58-15573-67 - Child Gargling Broth, Sagamihara
Hospital, Japan, August 9, 1957.

Loading Broth, France 58-15573-67A - Loading Broth, July 11, 1957.

Child Gargling Broth, Sagamihara Hospital, Japan, August 9, 1957 58-15573-68 - Child Gargling Broth, Sagamihara
Hospital, Japan, August 9, 1957.

Influenza Ward, Sagamihara Hospital, Japan, August 9, 1957. 58-15573-69 - Influenza Ward, Sagamihara Hospital, Japan, August 9, 1957.

Ralph McGuire, Virus Department, June 4, 1957. 58-15573-70 - Ralph McGuire, Virus Department,
June 4, 1957.

Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957. 58-15573-71 - Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957.

Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957. 58-15573-72 - Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957.

Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957. 58-15573-73 - Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957.

Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957. 58-15573-74 - Laboratory Analysis of Influenza Broth, Virus Department, June 4, 1957.

Loading Broth, June 4, 1957. 58-15573-75 - Loading Broth, June 4, 1957.

Dr. Davenport, Epidemiologist, June 26, 1957. 58-15573-76 - Dr. Davenport, Epidemiologist,
June 26, 1957.