Eyes, throat, and lungs are shielded against flying particles of metal and dust by this mask fitted with clear plastic lenses and a plastic respirator that is packed with several different filters for as many types of fumes. The masks are being turned out by mass-production methods to equip plants engaged in America's speeded up war work, and are a refinement of the familiar goggles long used in this country in counteracting industrial hazards. As worn by the young woman in the photograph, it would seem also to be a safeguard against disfigurement of the beauty of the hundred of thousands of women workers who are doing their full share of our country's war work.
This was in the January, 1943 issue of Popular Science.
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