This rather disturbing object is called the Steampunk Gas Mask 9. It marries the compulsory Steampunk materials, leather and brass, with a genuine Soviet-era gas mask. As an object, it is ...

Patriotism, at times, demands odd sacrifices from Americans. During WWI, it asked for peach pits -- and lots of them.

TOM UTLEY: Why I'll no longer need that WWI gas mask I wore to change my son's nappy if I'm called on to do the same for my grandchildren. By TOM UTLEY FOR THE DAILY MAIL. Published: 19:23 EDT, 27 ...

Editor’s Note, May 11, 2022: This article previously suggested that John Haldane was the first person to invent a gas mask. In fact, Garrett Morgan, a Black inventor based in Ohio, filed a ...