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Gas Mask
- Material
- ANIMAL - LEATHER
- METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
- RUBBER;
- Description
- A rubber gas mask with a brown metal cannister. The top part is a mask formed to fit the face with a brown fabric covering. The rear of the mask has six elasticized straps which are joined to a cross shaped piece of rubber. Two round pieces of glass bordered with a metal frame is embedded into the…
- Subject Access
- war
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- REGULATIVE AND PROTECTIVE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- A rubber gas mask with a brown metal cannister. The top part is a mask formed to fit the face with a brown fabric covering. The rear of the mask has six elasticized straps which are joined to a cross shaped piece of rubber. Two round pieces of glass bordered with a metal frame is embedded into the rubber for the eyes. The mouthpiece of the mask is a dome shaped piece of metal with evenly spaced holes encircling the outside. Below this is a silver coloured metal tube with a slanted top piece that connects to a grey rubber hose. This hose is ribbed and expands down to the brown cannister. The cannister is oblong and its sides are ribbed vertically at the bottom and horizontally at the top. On one side near the bottom is two horizontal openings with a slim piece of metal extending vertically over the centre of them.
- Material
- ANIMAL - LEATHER
- METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
- RUBBER;
- Inscriptions
- "GSW MACDONALD PLANT TORONTO" imprinted and "11/2/42 0 SBT 166" is embossed on top of the cannister. Also on top is "P3" and a "C" with an arrow in it stamped in black ink. The bottom has "GSW, NO 4A, 1941" imprinted and "DR/1, E/ VI" on it. Printed on the brown fabric on the mask is "23 1 42 92 LOI 9585" and some other indecipherable writing.
- Length
- 65
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2008.12.5
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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