Mikey Mouse Gas Mask – Disney at War


No, the “Mikey Mouse Gas Mask” is not a joke or a fake. This model of a Disney gas mask made for children was made by the Americans during the Second World War, but was never used. In 1942, T.W. Smith Jr. and his designer Dietrich Rempel imagined this mask approved by Walt Disney to help children bear wearing a gas mask. This mask, with ??1000 units produced and approved by the U.S. Army, would be the first of a series of other cartoon gas masks in case of needed…

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