Gas Mask

Object/Artifact

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Glenview History Center

Name/Title

Gas Mask

Description

Gas mask used in WWI, gray finish, cloth straps to tighten mask around head and face of wearer, glass goggles.

Acquisition

Notes

Donor: Robert G. Endre, Sr. of Glenview, 1996

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Donor: These were my fathers when he was a truck gardner. He also had greenhouses when I was born in 1921. Gas Mask: 7.8.33 Helmet: 7.8.34 We lived near Lincoln Avenue and Touhy Avenue in Tessville, which is now Lincolnwood Illinois. My dad's name was John Peter Endre.