A war-time industry which leapt into prominence in the Midlands, England. The manufacture of gas masks replaces the making of luxuries in peace time. Factories in a Midland area that in pre-war days were engaged in manufacturing bicycles, bedsteads, etc., are now working solely upon essential war orders. The illustration depicts workmen fitting emergency gas masks at a factory.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1473, 18 July 1918, Page 16
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59A war-time industry which leapt into prominence in the Midlands, England. The manufacture of gas masks replaces the making of luxuries in peace time. Factories in a Midland area that in pre-war days were engaged in manufacturing bicycles, bedsteads, etc., are now working solely upon essential war orders. The illustration depicts workmen fitting emergency gas masks at a factory. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1473, 18 July 1918, Page 16
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