A recent post about War Rationing Ephemera got me interested in researching a bit more about items from the Second World War. Another post I made about Florida related ephemera led me State Archives of Florida where I discovered a number of wonderful Ephemera items… such as this “Sniff Kit” poster. It was “Approved and Recommended by the Office of Civilian Defense and the Chemical Warfare Service of The U.S. Army”
Text on the document reads (in part):
The Sniff Kit is designed to provide an easy and safe method of identifying the five principal gases used in chemical warfare. The case is made of wood and pressboard, covered with serviceable quality of saddle tan fabric. It contains five bottles with ground glass stoppers, charged with the following contents:1. An imitation of Mustard Gas (HS)
2. An imitation of Phosgene Gas (CG)
3. An imitation of Chlorpicrin (PS)
4. An imitation of Lewisite (MI) or (M-1)
5. An imitation of Tear Gas (CN)Each bottle is labeled with simple information describing the physiological effect of the active gas; first aid steps for treating victims; field neutralization methods; the U.S. Army symbols, and the popular names to aid in memorizing them.
The price of each kit was $5.00 prepaid to any point in the USA and were sold by the Northam Warren Corporation of Stamford, Connecticut.
You can see more of the Florida Archive’s Collection of World War II ephemera by clicking here.
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