Mask Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Young woman in gas mask, WW2. The all clears gone, Miss! Peace with very little on er! Date: 1940s

Russians wearing gas-masks in precaution of a chemical warfare attack, various scenes as people go about their daily work. Date: 1932

Comic postcard, novel use for gas mask, WW2 Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Red nose mistaken for gas mask, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Couple and baby in bed with gas masks, WW2 - calling up notice Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, pretty woman wearing gas mask, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, family wearing gas masks, WW2 - beans for dinner! Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, wife wearing gas mask, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Me and My Girl
The Caption is Me and my Girl and is probably a reference to the 1930s musical of the same name. The gas mask was carried in a cardboard box. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1940

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knit
The Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

Musume / young woman, winter dress with umbrella, Japan
Musume or young woman in winter dress with an umbrella, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Woman with a Mask
Macabre image of a girl about to don a mask. Artist: Ludwig Rauh Date: circa 1912

A British soldier wearing a new gas mask on the front cover of The Illustrated London News, 11th December 1915. Following the German use of poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd, 1915

Article in The Illustrated London News showing a variety of chic bags and containers for transporting ones gas masks in the early months of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Citizens of Brighton shown wearing gas masks in everyday situations in 1941. School children are guided across the road by a police officer, a milkman wears his on his rounds

The Orientalism of the European Woman, 1913
The Orientalism of the European Woman: Ladies of the West Adopt the Yashmak-Veil just as the Ladies of the East are abandoning it

Auxiliary Fire Service (A. F. S. ) Men hauling the Trailer-pump
Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.) men hauling hose from a trailer-pump. In the early days of the war, the AFS depended on improvisation - as can be seen here

A member of the Wardens Service fitting a gas mask
Shorlty after the Munich Agreement, a member of the Wardens Service (and his assistant - far right) - not yet issued with their uniforms - fit gas masks in the living room of a family in Sunderland

A review on the Square of the Invalides, 1835. Woman in pink dress with canezou shawl, straw bonnet and parasol. French cavalry and infantry parade on the Esplanade des Invalides

Regency gentleman riding a horse down hill, while a couple fall off a horse in the background. How to Ride Genteel and Agreable Down Hill

Chinese-style wall hanging, circa 1900. Gilt pelmet, damask valance, satin curtains with gold and silver decoration, embroidered silk wall decorations. Planche 3. Croisee Genre Chinois

Young womens dresses, 1913
Young womens dresses: one in white crepon and orange taffeta, the other in embroidered white fabric. Robes de jeunes filles: l une en crepon blanc et taffetas orange, l autre en drap blanc brode

Woman in harlequin costume and mask for a fancy dress ball. Arlequine. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Fabius (Alberto Fabio Lorenzi)

Woman in morning tailored suit with cane. Petit tailleur du matin. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Woman in dress of duvetyn and jacket bordered in fox fur
Woman in duvetyn dress and jacket bordered in fox fur. Robe de duvetyn amadou, paletot borde de renard. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by H

Woman in ball gown and mask, costume of Manon Lescaut. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by H. Robert Dammy from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Mrs. Richard Herbert by Madame Yevonde
Mrs. Richard Herbert, formerly Miss Marjorie du Pre photographed by Madame Yevonde contemplating a theatrical mask. Date: 1932

Lady Broughton by Madame Yevonde
Lady Broughton (1894 - 1968), first wife of Sir Jock Delves Broughton, photographed by Madame Yevonde in 1932. Previously Miss Vera Griffith-Boscawen

Native American Chief with wooden masks worn for festive, solemn or judicial occasions. 1908

Fort Royal, Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes, France
Fort Royal, famous fortress on the Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes, South of France, associated with the so-called Man in the Iron Mask, whose identity remains a mystery. 19th century

Programme cover, Kingston Empire Theatre, Surrey, Kingshot Theatres Ltd, Director: Stanley Watson. circa 1950

The Bristlewoods See it Through, WWII cartoon
Mrs Bristlewood: " The idea of your going fishing in wartime! And wheres your gas-mask?" Mr Bristlewood: " If you want to know, my gas-masks here - and my knitting too"

A temporary wartime policeman in uniform, September 1939
A temporary wartime " bobby" wearing his armband and helmet, and carrying his gas mask in London, a few weeks after the outbreak of World War Two. Date: 1939

London photographer equipped for wartime, September 1939
A London photographer, captured as he looks into his camera, wearing a helmet and carrying his gas mask in addition to his usual attire. Date: 1939

Female ambulance worker in uniform, September 1939
A female ambulance worker photographed as she travels to work in London, a few weeks into the Second World War. As well as uniform, this ambulance worker carries her gas mask and torch. Date: 1939

Decontaminator in full uniform, September 1939
A London decontaminator in an anti-gas protective suit. As a result of fears of chemical warfare in the early stages of the Second World War

The Gas-Repellent Suit, September 1939
A demonstration of the gas-repellant suit complete with hood, trousers, jumper and mittens made from oiled silk. The outfit was deliberately lightweight, weighing little over 100g (4oz or c.113g)

Baby lying down with gas mask on, September 1939
Baby lying in their specialised baby gas mask as someone operates the pumping valve in the background. The image was drawn after a special demonstration of the respirator

College boys returning to Eton with gas masks, Sept 1939
Boys returning to Eton to resume their education after the Summer holidays, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War earlier that month. Each boy carries a gas mask and wears a top hat

Polish troops practicing wearing gas masks, September 1939
Polish troops practising wearing thier gas masks as they awair the call to march onwards, shortly after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. 1939

Three men at the cinema with their gas masks, September 1939
Three men queuing for the cinema with their gas masks, next to a sign informing cinema-goers that an announcement will be made from the stage if an air raid occurs

Polish national Mr Hutton offering gas mask cases 1939
Mr Hutton, originally from Poland, photographed handing gas mask containers to Members of Parliament. The Sphere describes how Mr Hutton provided individually named gas mask containers for each

Woman carrying gas mask correctly, September 1939
London woman photographed from behind as an example of how best to carry a gas mask. The Sphere comments on the impracticality of holding a gas mask in your hand which it describes as "

Mother holding baby and specialised gas mask, Sept 1939
An East end mother smiling as she holds her baby and baby gas mask in each hand. Meanwhile, the Sphere comments on the " non-committal" skepticism with which the child stares at the device

Two women with infants and new baby gas masks, Sept 1939
Two East end mothers wheeling their children and new baby gas masks through a London street. Accompanied by a caption reminding the reader to always carry a gas mask

A father leads his two children to be evacuated 1939
A father in the middle of his two children with backpacks and gas masks photographed from behind as he takes them to be evacuated

The Queen pictured with her gas mask, September 1939
The Queen pictured outside the British Red Cross headquarters during her rounds of inspection, carrying her gas mask. September 1939

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