City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 586-1228. Photo Colt- man, Don Steffens Colmer.
1941
Gas Masks
Just in time for Christmas, gas masks went on sale in Vancouver on December 14, 1941. In this 1943 photo, young children at school practice putting them on, part of the city’s efforts to be prepared for an attack.
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