Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Knapsack with gas mask
Object Number:
INV.11991
Date:
1930-1945
Medium:
Rubber, cotton, plastic, brass, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 15 in. ( 30.5 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: mask front: "US/U"; "C5-2-229/12-40/LOT C-1/F/5 42/E 41R102/375"
Description:
Rubber, cotton, plastic, brass, and iron knapsack; rectangular fatigue canvas knapsack with two carrying straps sewn to back and side; knapsack contains plastic gas mask connected by rubber tube to rectangular pack; stamped marks on front of mask.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
