Flu Collection

Female Type / Maid 1935
Pretty young French maid with a revealing neckline: " Sir has the flu, so I m going to try and raise his morale." Date: 1935

Coughs & Sneezes Poster
Humorous poster issued by the Ministry of Health during the Second World War and featuring a woman sneezing without catching the germs in a handkerchief

Ale Cures the Flu
Two men, one in a flat cap, the other in a bowler hat, drinking glasses of ale, while looking at the punning pub sign: Try Our Old Ale: knocks the L out of FLU

Anti-Flu Masks
A man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious!

Coughs & Sneezes Poster
Humorous poster from the Ministry of Health showing a man sneezing without a handkerchief on a London Underground train during WWII

Cephos cold and flu powder advertisement
Advert for Cephos cold and flu powder depicting a poorly looking woman, dressed rather smartly, and standing, hanging onto a strap on a bus or tube train

Mrs Dubosc Taylor by Madame Yevonde
The late Mrs Dubosc Taylor who died from influenza caught while on nursing duty in France at the end of the First World War

Advert for Milton against influenza 1918
Advertisement for Milton sterilising fluid, recommended for preventing and relieving influenza at a time when Spanish flu was rapidly spreading across the world. 1918

Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1897
Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1897

MAN WITH THE FLU
A man (actually the arctic explorer Sir John Ross) puts his feet up over the fireplace and has a hot toddy to ward off the flu. Date: circa 1850

Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1900
Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1900

Duttons Brewery Advertisement - Oh Be Joyful - Strong Ale, Blackburn, near, Lancashire, England. How I cured the Flu Date: 1910s

No Catch
The man who made up his mind not to catch the flu by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Milton influenza advertisement, 1919
Advertisement for Milton disinfectant with advice to gargle with a diluted preparation thrice daily in order to ward off the influenza epidemic raging throughout post war Britain. Date: 1919

Hint to the Ministry of Health by Heath Robinson
A new fresh air bedroom for the prevention of flu. An outdoor bedroom designed by the ever-inventive William Heath Robinson, built (or rather)

Advert for Flu Nips
A trade card for flu nips ; " nip the flu before the flu nips you"

Perfect Wives by Joyce Dennys The wife who had influenza too
Joyce Dennys on Marriage: Perfect Wives. No. 1- The Wife who had influenza too. Despite suffering herself, a woman ends up waiting upon her husband who has a serious case of man flu. Date: 1929

Advertisement for Beechams Powders - Act like magic! Suitable for the treatment of chills, colds and flu. Date: 1930

Repelling a Flu Assault by Heath Robinson
Here, in this cartoon by Heath Robinson, we have the British countering the German biological weaponry, an army of flu germs. Date: 1915

A-Tich-oo! Influenza in 1918
Influenza personified in the shape of a rather monstrous being tapping an unsuspecting chap on the head and announcing, Good evening! I m the new influenza. Date: 1918

Advert for Evans Pastilles against influenza infection 1918
Take one in time Between January 1918 to December 1920 the influenza pandemic killed millions of mainly young healthy adults

Italian advertisement for Calming Fort Effective In headaches, tooth pain, colds, flu, and periodic rheumatism Pharmaceutical laboratory

Chicken with flu

For this Relief, Much Tanks
Flu tank, self contained vehicle Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"

Cromptons Flu Powder
Cromptons flu powder, sold for 2d

Spanish Flu
The Spanish flu epidemic overtakes the angel of peace Date: 1918

Flu Epidemic 1890
An interior view of a tent- hospital. This one is in the gardens of the Beaujon Hospital, although many more were used to cope with all the flu patients Date: 1890

Tent Hospital / Flu Epidem
An exterior view of a tent- hospital. This one is in the gardens of the Beaujon Hospital, although many more were used to cope with all the flu patients

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