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[World War One Small Box Gas Mask]

Description: World War One-era "small box respirator" gas mask, consisting of a canvas or cloth face piece, with inset glass or resin eye lenses, and straps that wrap around the back of the head. The front of the mask has a valve located behind a cloth-covered tube that goes over the mouth and attaches to a small yellow metal box containing activated charcoal (made of peach pits or the pits from other stone fruits). The wearer would have breathed only through the mouth, inhaling air scrubbed clean by the ch… more
Date: [1914..1918]
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tank on Streets of Denton Square]

Description: This photograph was taken after the announcement of the end of World War I. Unidentified onlookers admire a tank on the east side of the Square square. The building in the background is the southeast corner of the Square. It housed the First State Bank. This building was torn down circa 1959-1960.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library
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