Am., Brit., Fr., & Ger., masks gas – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Am., Brit., Fr., & Ger., masks gas
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Four nations' gas masks are compared side by side in this glass negative, as the caption indicates for the American, British, French and German examples. Gas warfare reshaped the Western Front after Germany released chlorine at Ypres in April 1915, and armies on both sides rushed to issue respirators to their men. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers, made the negative, but its caption data is unverified, so the exact date and setting remain uncertain. Seen together, the four styles show how varied wartime respirator designs were.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,804 × 4,197 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-28455 |
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