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Ready for awful Arthur, Gas invisible

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Ready for awful Arthur, Gas invisible

Date5/16/1942

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Ready for awful Arthur; Gas invisible. Tropical fruits; ordors. Liquid if heated gives off purple vapor. B.B.C. - Liquid; orange heavy oil; sour apple odor. Gas invisible. Nose or Arsenical Group; D.A. and D.M. - Invisible. Odorss. Sneezing pain in chest; cough-

Subject

World War, 1939-1945

Weapons industry

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018975F

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