1918 flu epidemic: the Oakland Municipal Auditorium in use as a temporary hospital.  The photograph depicts volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross tending influenza sufferers in the Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California, during the influenza pandemic of 1918.
Edward A. "Doc" Rogers, 1873-1960
1918
Photo by Edward A. "Doc" Rogers. From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library. Digital copy via <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3q2nc9rt/?&amp;query=&amp;brand=oac">[1]</a>