With 1,000 of them given out, you'd have to think there are still a good number of them out there sitting in attics or museums. Mickey Mouse Gas Masks were distributed to senior officials and others during the war as keepsakes. This is a master that is synonymous with a disaster mask. Mickey Mouse Gas Mask Allison (Atlas Obscura User) (Allison Meier) The 45th Infantry based in Oklahoma City was one of the first National Guard units to be activated for World War II, and. Practicalities and emotions are described through. This page describes the children’s gas mask which was made to look like Mickey Mouse with a fluttering nose as the child breathed and the babies’ gas mask which was enclosed and had to be pumped by hand. Many famous photos are showing this mask laying discarded on the floors of Pripyat in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. There were special gas masks for children and babies against poisonous gas in WW2. Thankfully, no chemical attacks occurred in the United States. We’re a bit drooping off of their faces with elephant-like hoses at the front.

So what became of the masks once the war was over? This would reduce the fear associated with wearing a gas mask and hopefully, improve their wear time and, hence, survivability. The mask was designed so children would carry it and wear it as part of a game. Other comic book character designs were to follow, depending on the success of the Mickey Mouse mask. After approval of the CWS, Sun Rubber Products Company produced sample masks for review. Porter, Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. It was 1942, just about a month after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This design of the Mickey Mouse Gas Mask for children was presented to Major General William N. During World War II, that meant outfitting a child with a weird Mickey Mouse gas mask. Smith, Jr., the owner of the Sun Rubber Company, and his designer, Dietrich Rempel, with Walt Disney’s approval introduced a protective mask for children. On January 7th, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor, T.W. This site provides a full explanation, including this bit of back story: One of these products was the Mickey Mouse gas mask.

One of the ways they found to deal with the uncertainty was to develop emergency response products to provide assistance in the event of another unforeseen tragedy. weren't sure when the next attack might come. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, the anxious citizens of the U.S. But people in the United States weren’t always so lucky. I, thankfully, have only had to face those first two dilemmas. Your child doesn’t want to put on their gas mask? Get a Mickey Mouse gas mask. Having trouble getting your little one to eat their vegetables? A Buzz Lightyear spoon might do the trick. Want you child to go to bed? Maybe you get some Elmo bed sheets. Disney had big financial troubles during this time and producing those types of films on behalf of the US government was a lifesaver for the animation studio at that time.As a father of two small children, I know that it’s always a little easier to get a child to follow a routine if one of their favorite characters are involved. A famous examples from Disney is 'the Fuehrer's Face' were Donald Duck has a nightmare of working in a nazi ammunition factory. Did you know that Mickey masks weren't the only use of Disney characters in WWII? Disney (as well as other studios) produced propaganda films featuring known and loved cartoon characters. PS: Thank you u/thatnonbianryone for the silver! Take this random Disney fact as a thank you. Only a small number was produced and over time many would be lost, making the remaining ones gloomy reminders of what could have been.

By reducing fear and turning all of it into a sort of game children were, at least in theory, more likely to carry the mask and actually wear it, improving thier overall survivability in case of a chemical attack. The idea behind this design was to make the mask more child friendly and less creepy. The possibility of further attacks seeming likely thus the need of protection of the civil population raised. They were produced in the US after the pearl harbour attacks. Memes or image macros are not necessary to describe it. The creepy design should be obvious from the image. Personal attacks, bigotry, fighting words, otherwise inappropriate behavior or content, comments that insult or demean a specific user or group of users will be removed. BE CIVIL- NO PERSONAL ATTACKS OR BIGOTRYĪll users are expected to be respectful to others and follow Reddit's reddiquette. This includes, but is not limited to, names, phone numbers, email addresses, or any social media accounts, regardless if it is your own.Ĥ. Other reposts may be removed at moderator discretion. Reposts of content under three months old, or in the top 100 posts of all time, will be removed. Posts may be removed at moderator discretion. Things that are intentionally creepy (Halloween masks for example), or creepy artwork, generally does not belong here. Rules are enforced upon moderator discretion.Įvery submission must be creepy. Sometimes the design just turns out creepy.

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