Gas Mask Collection

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Testing for mustard gas contamination. The end of the instrument is coated with special paint that will change colour if mustard gas is present

German gas mask, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German gas mask, between c1915 and 1918. Shows a German soldier wearing a gas mask during World War I

Fanning gas, 6 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Fanning gas, 6 June 1918 (date created or published later). American soldiers being trained to use Ayrton or trench fan to clear poisonous gases during World War I, Camp Kearny, California

German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. German soldier wearing a face mask to protect against gas attacks during World War I

Les precautions contre les gaz; Tous les masques ajustes, aux betes comme aux gens, la colonne pour Creator: Unknown
Les precautions contre les gaz; Tous les masques ajustes, aux betes comme aux gens, la colonne poursuit sa route, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Les precautions contre les gaz; Les chevaux ont aussi leur appareil special, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les precautions contre les gaz; Les chevaux ont aussi leur appareil special, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Les precautions contre les gaz; Arrete par un factionnaire muni d'un ecriteau: "Attention, nappe de gaz ", le chef d'une colonne portant des munitions aux batteries en ligne fait

Le telephone a l'arriere du front; apres un bombardement, les sapeurs telephonistes... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Le telephone a l'arriere du front; apres un bombardement, les sapeurs telephonistes, munis de leur masque, posent une ligne dans un fond ou persist l, action des gaz, 1918

Sur le front d'artois - Feuilles d'Album de Jean Lefort; Masques contre les gaz, 1915 (1916)
Sur le front d'artois - Feuilles d'Album de Jean Lefort; Masques contre les gaz : La cagoule anglaise/Le masque Tambute, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. American politician and colleagues with war trophies posing by The Rescue sculpture, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C

Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senator Thompson & German war relics, c1914-1920. American politician and colleagues with war trophies posing by The Rescue sculpture, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C

If Ye Break Faith, New Orleans, 1938. Creator: Unknown
If Ye Break Faith, New Orleans, 1938. St. Charles Theatre - Now Playing'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Les enfants d'une des ecoles primaires de Reims, avec leurs masques contre les gaz... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les enfants d'une des ecoles primaires de Reims, avec leurs masques contre les gaz asphyxiants, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Un petit ecolier de Reims; comment, dans une ville ouverte, il faut proteger les enfants... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Un petit ecolier de Reims; comment, dans une ville ouverte, il faut proteger les enfants contre les projectiles asphyxiants que les Allemands font alterner avec les obus incendiaires, 1916

Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare, Corpus Christi, Texas. These uniforms are lighter than the old type

Gas mask with filter canister worn at demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014
Gas mask worn by African-American writer and journalist Dr. Jelani Cobb at a protest held after a young black man, Michael Brown, was shot dead by white police officer Darren Wilson

Small box respirator, 1917-1918. Creator: Unknown
A small box respirator, or gas mask, dating from World War I. The respirator is comprised of a metal canister, hose, and face piece

Volunteer stretcher party at Vauxhall factory, Wing Commander Hodsall, WW2 Creator: Unknown
Volunteer stretcher party at Vauxhall factory, Wing Commander Hodsall, WW2

Preparing for Battle on the Somme, northern France, First World War, c1916, (c1920)....respirator drill for the Guards behind the lines

British Machine-gun Section wearing anti-gas masks, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)
Modern Warfare on the Western Front: British Machine-gun Section wearing anti-gas masks, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)

French soldiers wearing gas masks, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
French soldiers wearing gas masks, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Modern Warfare on the Western Front: French soldiers with their gas masks ready for an asphyxiating attack

Volunteer going to retrieve bodies in the Gresford Colliery disaster, Wales, 1935. A man with a gas mask recieving last-minute instructions

Early gas masks, First World War, 1915, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Early gas masks, First World War, 1915, (1935). The Introduction of Chemical Warfare: one of the earliest patterns of gas-masks, pads of cotton-wool soaked in a solution of common washing-soda

German naval troops wearing respirators, First World War, 1915, (1935). Creator: Unknown
German naval troops wearing respirators, First World War, 1915, (1935). The Introduction of Chemical Warfare: German naval troops wearing early types of respirator

Machine Gunners in Action Wearing their Gas Helmets, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Machine Gunners in Action Wearing their Gas Helmets, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919. From " The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. X, by W

Soldiers in gas masks emerging from trenches, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Soldiers wearing gas masks, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Gas alert in trenches, Champagne, northern France, 1916. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Crew in breathing apparatus, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1934. Fire engine with ladder and fire hose visable

To Sit There And Carry On as though nothing was happening outside was not easy, 1941 (1942). G.P.O and Control Centre telephonists were called upon to do their ordinary jobs coolly

There Was Noting He Did Not Do, from moving people out of threatened shelters to mounting guard over unexploded bombs, 1941 (1942)

Gas Alarm!, Loos, France, World War I, c1915-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Gas Alarm!, Loos, France, World War I, c1915-c1918. On 22 April 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front

British gunners donning masks as protection against German gas shells, World War I, c1914-c1918. The board on the right of the photograph identifies the men as being from the 8th Battery

British troops advancing through gas, Passchandaele, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Trench warfare, Bourlon Wood, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Trench warfare, Bourlon Wood, France, World War I, 1914-1918. The soldiers are wearing their gas masks. Stereoscopic card detail

Gunners wearing gas masks, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Gunners wearing gas masks, World War I, 1914-1918. The board on the right identifies the men as 8th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Doadpore Troop. Stereoscopic card detail

Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I, 1915-1918. The Germans were the first to make use of poison gas on the Western Front, at Ypres in April 1915

British soldiers advancing under cover of gas and smoke, France, World War I, 1916. A break in the German lines is made through to Serre and Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme

Seaman Gunner, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Seaman Gunner, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Third Battle of Artois, France, World War I, 25 September 1915, (1929). A bayonet charge against a German trench. The Third Battle of Artois was a joint British

Gas protection, France, World War I, 1915. French troops in a trench wearing rudimentary facemasks and goggles. On 22 April 1915 the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front

Fench sappers in gas masks re-laying telephone lines after a bombardment, 1918

French soldiers in improvised gas masks, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 5th August 1915

Masque cagoule (Gas mask) advertisement, 1915. A print from Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18th September 1915

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