Masks Collection (page 9)

Metalworkers welding a railway carriage
Three metalworkers wearing protective masks weld large metal boxes together to form the shell of a railway carriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Lewis gunners 1918
British Lewis gunners of the 12th Royal Scots wearing box respirators in action in a front line trench during a gas attack on the Western Front in France during World War I in June 1918

Machine gunners 1916
British machine gunners using a Vickers Gun and wearing their gas masks, near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme

British Army Signallers 1916
Three members of the British Army Signal Service, wearing gas masks, in a trench on the Western Front, a typical forward Signal Post

Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label
Rather odd scene featuring an adult in a sinister party mask trying to lasso a group of children in fancy dress masks and head dresses at a party

Batgers Crackers label
Children at a party wear rather elaborate animal head dresses as they jump around, pull crackers and generally have a spiffing time

Carnival in Barcelona
A carnival procession travels down the street with crowds gathering on their balconies to watch the musicians and entertainers go by

War workers in the Womens Procession in London
A photograph showing a procession by the Womens Social and Political Union. The group that can be seen wearing face masks are a party of female munition workers

Futurist Fiction by Bairnsfather
A prescient view of the future showing two lovers wearing gas masks through which they attempt a romantic kiss. Drawn at the end of World War I

British soldier in a new gas-mask
A British soldier wearing a new gas mask. Following the German use of poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd, 1915, it became a common feature of World War I warfare

Making Medieval Masks
Making masks in the middle ages - she is making the moulds, he is painting them

Native American Masks
Masks are worn by Native American medicine men in their religious and tribal ceremonies, in the belief that this enables them to acquire the forces of nature

Ancient Egyptian Masks
The masks worn by ancient Egyptian priests generally represented animals, symbolising their deities - birds, dogs, hippopotamus etc

Japanese Childrens Masks
Dressing in masks is a favourite game with Japanese children

Masks of Tribespeople
Masks are worn for religious purposes in the ceremonies of tribespeople in many parts of the world, notably Africa and the Pacific islands. They generally represent deities

GAS MASK 1918
An English soldier wearing one of the original gas masks on the Western Front

Police / Anti-Gas School
A group of officers from the Metropolitan police pose for a photograph wearing their gas masks at the anti-gas training school at Devonport, Plymouth. 2/2 pictures. See 10193283 for

Police in Gas Masks
Two Metropolitan police officers from H district, London, fully kitted out for action during World War Two

Terentius / Terence / Ingouf
PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER known as TERENCE Roman playwright, born in Carthage

Switchboard operators wearing gas-masks
Photograph showing switchboard operators in Faraday Building, City, London, wearing special gas-masks with ear-phones and mouthpieces; a precautionary

Evacuees / Station 1940
Children enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs

Masked Lady 1897
Lady at a masked ball during the Munich carnival

Racial / Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance. The dancers wear Buffalo masks

Pantomime Masks
Two craftsmen prepare bighead masks for the pantomime season

Egan / Theatrical Effects
A sale of theatrical effects

Theatre / Exotic / Masks
Three beautifully painted masks for use on the stage in China. Pattern and colour played a significant part in the detemination of the characters role

Ww2 Gas Masks
A gas mask, and how to wear it

Climbing / Oxygen / 1923
Mountain climbing at high altitude using oxygen masks with the cylinders strapped to their backs

Wwi / Gas Alarm
German troops react to a gas alrm by putting their gas masks on as quickly as possible

Gas Masks Fitted 1938
Two wardens for the Air Raid Precaution Scheme fitting children with gas masks during a house to house visit in Beckenham, Kent

Smoke Helmets in Use
Smoke helmets in use by two members of a colliery rescue brigade, allowing breathing in a smoky or poisonous atmosphere for several hours if necessary

Yellow Dress, Black Mask
A lively girl in a yellow dress & feather trimmed hat wears a black mask to conceal her identity

SCENE FROM THE BIRDS
THE BIRDS A scene from the comedy : note that the actors are wearing masks, as was the normal practice on the Athenian stage

Wandsworth Prison / Mayhew
Prisoners turning out after dinner in the Surrey house of correction, part of Wandsworth Prison. Note that the prisoners are wearing masks

Tear-Gas Exercise
Everyone is wearing their gas masks during this exercise in producing tear-gas in a street in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England

Vietnam Custom
The Maqui Festival in which Annamese children of Vietnam wear grotesque masks to scare away demons and spirits, but they will prove ineffective against Americans

Chinese River Magic
CHINA Priests wear masks, the better to frighten demons and prevent further flooding of the Yellow River (Hwang Ho)

Portuguese Convicts
The Portuguese government finally abolishes the system of cagoules - masks worn by prisoners to prevent recognition

Ww1 / Oct 1916 / French Gas
French soldiers using gas masks during combat near Combles

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