Pandemics :: Mask Laws

Even in the early 1900s, people and masks were a recipe for hilarity.

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November 28, 1918: Refuse to wear a mask, get shot in the leg (Hanford Sentinel, CA)

January 25, 1919: See, even we dogs obey the mask laws! (Highland Park Herald, CA)

November 12, 1918: Refuse to wear a mask, help us build roads (The Humboldt Times, CA)

November 11, 1918: Can I smoke in this mask? (Los Angeles Evening Herald)

October 28, 1918: Unidentified woman went home to recuperate after being shot in a mask “mix-up". NBD. (Los Angeles Evening Herald)

October 30, 1918: Officer Fredrick’s daddy taught him well (Stockton Daily Independent, CA)

February 1, 1919: You must wear a mask, except in the State Treasury (The Tri-Weekly Colusa Sun, CA)

October 29, 1918: The Red Cross says to hell with you children using masks to carry your marbles! (San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, CA)

January 21, 1919: San Fran Spartacans organize “anti-mask league” (Riverside Daily Press, CA)

January 21, 1919: Smoking kills the flu, right? (Los Angeles Herald)