A German woman in a gas mask with a stroller walking through the empty streets. CrackedNursery school children at play wearing their gas masks. This photo seems to suggest that wearing gas masks could be fun. The masks were not very nice to wear though. BBCParisians walk their gas mask-equipped dogs, 1939. Getty ImagesA patriotic group of children from Leningrad ready to defend their homeland. CrackedA child wearing a Mickey Mouse inspired gas mask in attempts to normalize the state of war. gizmodoDesigned to fit kids 18 months to four years old, the mask was supposed to be worn as a sort of game, to take away some of the fear out of a chemical attack. gizmodoMothers outfitting their children with “baby helmets”. rarehistoricalphotosA horde of children wearing gas masks carries out a practice evacuation of a school in Kingston, Greater London after a canister of tear gas was discharged. 1941. allthatisinterestingLondon schoolchildren try on their gas masks. 1941. allthatisinterestingAlthough Ramshaw the eagle is hooded, this little evacuee decided to take no chances and made use of her gas mask to take a closer look at the eagle. England. 1941. allthatisinterestingA woman fits a child with a gas mask at school. England. Circa 1940. allthatisinterestingBookkeepers prepare for a gas attack in Odessa, Russia, 1935. STANLEY B. BURNS, MD & THE BURNS ARCHIVE“Everybody Can Be Fitted With Gas Masks in London Town!” 1935. atlasobscuraGas mask training for switchboard operators, London, 1938. atlasobscuraPolice wear gas masks in defense drills, Paris, 1935. atlasobscuraGas masks in an operating room at Botkin Hospital, Moscow, 1936. atlasobscuraIssuing gas masks at the Munster Road School in Fulham, London, 1938. atlasobscuraDescending to safety in a London air raid tunnel, 1938. atlasobscura
