Silverton Spanish Flu 1918 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Silverton Spanish Flu 1918 / HockeyholicAZ
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | ““One feels,” wrote an early Silverton settler, “as if he is shut off from the rest of the world.” A fair assessment: In 1874, when its first buildings appeared, the hamlet lay 125 miles from the nearest post office. Though railroad service commenced in 1882, snowdrifts often blocked the tracks for weeks on end. To compound the isolation, Silverton’s climate and topography made farming almost impossible, leaving residents basically dependent on food shipped from elsewhere. But the area’s rich mineral deposits—not just gold and silver but also iron, lead, zinc, and copper—assured Silverton’s prosperity for many decades. Over time, ironically, remoteness proved to be an asset; it preserved the town’s scenery and Victorian character, spurring a robust tourist industry in the mid-twentieth century. One might still feel shut of from the world here—but now that’s part of the attraction”Roadside sign“The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed 600,000 Americans, but few communities suffered as Silverton did. The virus appeared here in mid-October, and for the next terrifying month the streets stood abandoned; schools and businesses shut down, and residents locked themselves in their homes. Despite these precautions, three in four people got sick, and one in ten died—perhaps the nation’s highest fatality rate. Patients overwhelmed the hospital and filled makeshift wards in Town Hall. Silverton’s undertaker and one of its nurses died; people healthy enough to flee the contagion were turned back at Ouray by armed patrols. In December the scourge finally departed, but the ensuing years brought hard times. Silverton’s mining industry faltered after World War I (which ended during the epidemic), crippling the local economy. It would take decades for the town to recover. Roadside sign“Number of Deaths to Date Totals up to 128. Many of Silverton’s Prominent Citizens are Called by the Grim Reaper—Past Week has been Blackest Ever Known in the History of this District.”Silverton Weekly Miner, November 1, 1918—the height of the flu epidemicColorado Historical Society |
| 撮影日 | 2020-09-20 10:34:01 |
| 撮影者 | HockeyholicAZ , Scottsdale, AZ, USA |
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| カメラ | NIKON D300S , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/750) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 210 mm |