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On January 7th, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor, T.W. Smith, Jr., the owner of the Sun Rubber Company, and his designer, Dietrich Rempel, with Walt Disney’s approval introduced a protective ...
For adults, the government developed standard gas masks: respirators fashioned with tin filters that people were expected to wear around their faces. Babies, however, were much more difficult to ...
Message 1 - Gas Masks Posted on: 31 December 2005 by Mrs K E Foulger. My name is Kay. It was interesting that you mentioned that your gas masks steamed up just like mine.
When our nation entered World War II, I was enrolled as a first-grader at John Eaton Elementary School in the District. During the early months of 1942, I seem to recall being issued a gas mask by ...
Kids Playing in Gas Masks and Other Spooky Photos from World War II Keystone Press Agency INC. NY. Courtesy: Daniel Blau Munich/London Lasting for 267 days, the Blitz rendered 1.4 million people ...
In the early years of the war a gas mask was an ever-present accoutrement - an unfashionable, square, cardboard box - or it was until Woolworths came up with a variety of alternative metal canisters.
In the early years of the war a gas mask was an ever-present accoutrement - an unfashionable, square, cardboard box - or it was until Woolworths came up with a variety of alternative metal canisters.