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Members of the cadet corps at St. Andrew's College wore gas masks and marched through clouds of make-believe poison gas for their annual inspection in May 1942, Aurora, Ontario
Members of the cadet corps at St. Andrew's College wore gas masks and marched through clouds of make-believe poison gas for their annual inspection in May 1942, Aurora, Ontario

Members of the cadet corps at St. Andrew's College wore gas masks and marched through clouds of make-believe poison gas for their annual inspection in May 1942, Aurora, Ontario

Date1942-05
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    Dimensions27.9 cm x 35.5 cm
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTS-1-GO-461A-AURORA055
      St. Andrew's cadets face poison gas attack
      St. Andrew's cadets face poison gas attack
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/27/1942
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/18/1948
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      Wearing Gas Masks rushed from Montreal in face of tear gas threat by C
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/18/1948
      A $500 Victory Bond will provide the army with money to buy complete anti-gas equipment, including essential gas masks that every soldier must have. U(...)
      A $500 Victory Bond will provide the army with money to buy complete anti-gas equipment, including essential gas masks that every soldier must have. U(...)
      James, Norman
      11/4/1943
      There must be no doubt concerning gas masks supplied the army
      There must be no doubt concerning gas masks supplied the army
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
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      Commotion in St. James town, Police wearing gas masks drag a handcuffed man from Wellesley St. building last night, after someone threw furniture from(...)
      Faught, Ken
      5/9/1990
      Firemen equipped with oxygen masks and stretchers set up a field hospital in a dress shop to treat victims of a mysterious gas which knocked out emplo(...)
      Firemen equipped with oxygen masks and stretchers set up a field hospital in a dress shop to treat victims of a mysterious gas which knocked out emplo(...)
      Dutton, Don
      2/18/1969
      Bottom, ever-growing stores of gas masks
      Bottom, ever-growing stores of gas masks
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/16/1939
      Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
      Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
      Dutton, Don
      9/13/1971
      The army on the University of Toronto campus, gas masks in foreground
      The army on the University of Toronto campus, gas masks in foreground
      Canada. Army
      10/4/1939
      Metro Jews who just returned from Israel described the terror of the night as they hid in sealed hotel rooms wearing gas masks while missiles exploded nearby in Tel Aviv. We must understand here in this country the terror of the night, Howard English,
      Metro Jews who just returned from Israel described the terror of the night as they hid in sealed hotel rooms wearing gas masks while missiles exploded nearby in Tel Aviv. We must understand here in this country the terror of the night, Howard English,
      Dunlop, Alan
      1/21/1991
      Suiting Up: Firefightes in face masks and anticontamination suits get their ordes from regional chief Larry Casey before entering McCormick Park Recreation Centre where the gas leak occurred
      Suiting Up: Firefightes in face masks and anticontamination suits get their ordes from regional chief Larry Casey before entering McCormick Park Recreation Centre where the gas leak occurred
      Faught, Ken
      6/6/1991