Haas-Schreiner Photo, Roof Studio
Home War-Gas First Aid Kit

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Home War-Gas First Aid Kit
  • Every home has the necessary items for a war-gas first aid kit, San Franciscans are being told by the Emergency Medical Service of the San Francisco Civilian War Council. The kit should contain baking soda for washing out eyes, nose and throat and for a temporary gas mask; powdered laundry soap for washing the skin; hydrogen peroxide and a laundry bleaching solution for additional washing; paper tissue with which to blot gas from the skin and a mild pain killer.
Date1943
PlaceSan Francisco, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.8 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.5 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Bryn Larsen
Object number2017.264
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink, verso, left: WAR-2ND WORLD-S.F.--CIVILIAN DEFENSE [underlined in red]
Stamped in blue ink, verso, center: [illegible] // [illegible] // MAR 7 1943
Printed in black ink, verso, applied label: Every home has the necessary items for a war-gas first // aid kit, San Franciscans are being told by the Emergency Medical // Service of the San Francisco Civilian War Council. The kit should // contain baking soda for washing out eyes, nose and throat and for a // temporary gas mask; powdered laundry soap for washing the skin; // hydrogen peroxide and a laundry bleaching solution for additional // washing; paper tissue with which to blot gas from the skin and a // mild pain killer. // // From – Public Information Service // San Francisco Civilian War Council // Room 164 City Hall – HEmlock [sic] 2121
Stamped in purple ink, verso, center: ROOF STUDIO // SUtter [sic] 7570 625 Market St., S.F.

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