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      The 1918 flu

      In a disaster that would be repeated a century later, a worldwide epidemic (known as the Spanish Flu) killed more than 1,400 Denverites in 1918 and 1919.
      -Courtesy Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel

      - Image: https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/denver/denvers-influenza-pandemic-1918

      - More from Historic Denver’s Molly Brown House: https://mollybrown.org/spanish-flu-of-1918/

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