102 years ago in 1918, school in Utah was conducted entirely by MAIL to combat the #SpanishFlu! #uted #utpol
Check out our #SpanishFluInUtah digital exhibit
https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/1918-flu-pandemic-in-utah/page/timeline
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Check out our #SpanishFluInUtah digital exhibit

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Think about that for a minute...can you imagine putting an essay in the mail, teacher gets it a day later, grades it & then mails it back? Books from the libraries would have had to go through the mail?
The 1918 story in the @TheChrony preserved by @UtahDigNews here: https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6349z52/525412
Check out the Exhibit! Here are a few earlier posts https://twitter.com/loganemitchell/status/1323860173442568193
Argh, the pic on the first tweet was cropped. Here is the full pic, or you can find it on the Exhibit timeline, or look at the Digital Newspaper link above. #History