As war raged across Europe between 1939 and 1945 people were given gas masks to protect them from possible airborne gas attacks by the Germans. This gas mask has been passed down through the ...
More than 40 million gas masks were issued. In America there was a gas mask for children that looked like Mickey Mouse, with the character's nose and ears and even a picture of him on the gas filter.
The photo was taken during what became known as ... it places the picture exactly, and this oversized gas mask that adds an almost sinister element to the picture, almost a scary addition, and ...