For years, claims have spread on social media platforms that a Mickey Mouse gas mask was produced during World War II. The oldest social media post we found that contained the claim was posted on ...

Sometimes parents have to explain things to their kids in more child-friendly terms. During World War II, that meant outfitting a child with a weird Mickey Mouse gas mask. It was 1942, just about ...

On January 7th, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor, T.W. Smith, Jr., the owner of the Sun Rubber Company, and his designer, Dietrich Rempel, with Walt Disney’s approval introduced a protective ...

Message 1 - Gas Masks Posted on: 31 December 2005 by Mrs K E Foulger. My name is Kay. It was interesting that you mentioned that your gas masks steamed up just like mine.

More than 75 years later, one of Rita Stewart’s childhood experiences during World War II can still catch up with the Vancouver woman. It can hit her in a big-box store, as Rita and husband ...

Mr Aldridge says that further inspection of the mask gave away more details: "Stamped on the glass and on the rubber is 39, so I thought, 1939 - Second World War, it all makes sense." ...

The Disney-designed gas mask is far from a company highlight. However, given the media giant’s massive achievements, it’s only fair it takes a relative loss once in a while.

Gas Masks in Blackheath ... This story was submitted to the People’s War site Katherine Campbell from WW2 Team on behalf of Pamela Cabannes and has been added to the site with his / her permission.