Air Raid Precautions On The British Home Front: Mother And Baby In Gas Masks, C 1941

Air Raid Precautions On The British Home Front: Mother And Baby In Gas Masks, C 1941, A mother cradles her newborn baby in bed, shortly after giving birth. The mother is wearing her civilian respirator, whilst the baby is encased in a baby gas helmet, which buckles up around the baby's bottom. The mother is demonstrating how the bellows on her baby's gas mask are pumped to supply the baby with air, circa 1941. (Photo by Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)