After over four years of grueling combat, World War I finally came to an end in November of 1918. But while the world celebrated the Armistice, the Spanish flu pandemic reared its ugly head.
Here are 28 photos of what life looked like in 1918. Spoiler alert, it wasn't easy.
1
Delivering Ice
Women working in 1918.
2
The United States Army
A craps game in Britain.
3
Treating an Influenza Patient
A Naval hospital in New Orleans, 1918.
4
Arms Production
The Royal Shell Factory in London.
5
Traer, Iowa
A small city in 1918.
6
Egyptian Camel Transport
Passing over Olivet, 1918.
7
The Idaho Woods
Escaping the Spanish flu in 1918.
8
A New York Traffic Cop
Directing traffic during the Spanish flu.
9
A Signal Post
On the Tiberias.
10
Posing for a Photo
During the Spanish flu pandemic, 1918.
11
Braham Garage
Minnesota in 1918.
12
Cossack Mounted Unit
On the move in Ukraine, 1918.
13
The Australian 10th Brigade
On parade, 1918.
14
Navy Yard
Brooklyn, New York.
15
Grinding an Axe
Two women in 1918.
16
A Protest
Flemish separatist activists in Antwerp.
17
Opium Party
France, 1918.
18
US 64th Regiment
Celebrating the Armistice.
19
Food Queues
Hanover, the Weimar Republic, 1918.
20
Liberation of Bruges
King Albert I returns.
21
Johnny Enzmann
Baseball in 1918.
22
Camp Funston at Fort Riley, Kansas
During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
23
Resting Troops
From the famous "Lost Battalion" near Apremont, France.
24
Men of the First Local Draft
Santa Ana, 1918.
25
Pyramid of Captured German Helmets
New York, 1918.
26
Walking on the Frozen Ohio River
During the 1918 blizzard.
27
A Factory Janitor
A worker in 1918.
28
Destroyed Bolshevik Armored Car
After the battle of Lipyagi.
