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Mask, Gas

Object number2012.75.84

Manufacturer Mine Safety Appliances Company

Mediumrubber; various plastics; metal

Credit LineGift of Bernard A. Burns

DescriptionRubber gas mask. Clear plastic face visor. Nozzle with crinkled hose. Metal screw on base of hose. Black cotton neck strap attached to hose. Rubber straps around back of head.InscriptionsEmbossed plastic label on top of nozzle: "BURNS".
MarksMaker's logo "MSA" pressed into rubber above plastic.
Historical NotesPart of a collection belonging to Bernie Burns. The collection documents Firefighters Local No. 1, the firefighting union of which Bernie Burns was the president; his life as a firefighter; and additional items that document growing up in Lawrenceville in the 1960s and 1970s.

Previous owner Bernard A. Burns

Related institution Pittsburgh Fire Fighters Local No. 1 (founded 1903)

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