Provenance

Catherine Ryan [?]; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

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Inscriptions

on verso, upper center stamped in purple ink: FILED SEP 11 1939; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite on applied paper: [illegible crossed out] / Library; center printed in black ink on applied paper: 7602 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / (EDS.: THIS IS ONE OF TWO PICTURES, / SERVICED IN ADVANCE FOR RELEASE TO A.M.'S / OF SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, FOR USE WITH STORY / FROM EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, MD., ON GAS MASK / DEVELOPMENT.) / MARTIAN MASQUERADE / IN CASES AT EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, MD., / GAS MASKS [circled in graphite] FROM THE EARLIEST MODELS TO / THOSE NOW BEING PRODUCED FOR THE U.S. / ARMY, ARE ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF / THE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE. ON THE LEFT / HALF OF THE SHELVES ARE FOREIGN MASKS, AND / ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE EXPERIMENTAL MODELS / AND TYPES FORMERLY USED BY THE U.S. ARMY. / THAT ZOMBIE MODEL ON THE BOTTOM SHELF IS TO / PROTECT EARS AND NECK FROM MUSTARD GAS. AIR / HOSES LEADING TO CANISTERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO WDB 510P 9-1-39BA / WA BM W'BURY CS NA SU P-S [illegible] MONT / LPB MEX 110 / CAUTION: WATCH RELEASE; center right stamped in red ink perpendicular: WATCH RELEASE DATE