Mask, headlamp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUTOMOBILE/AIR RAID
- DATE
- 1939–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0095.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- DURING WW II
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED WHEN AFFIXED OVER A VEHICLE HEADLAMP, TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT EMITTED IN ORDER TO FOIL THE ATTEMPTS OF BOMBERS TO DISCHARGE THEIR BOMBS ON TARGET USING GROUND VISUAL CLUES - Technical
-
MEANS HAD TO BE DEVISED TO BLOCK OUT LIGHT FROM MOVING VEHICLES AT NIGHT BUT ALLOW FOR SOME ILLUMINATION FOR THE DRIVER TO NAVIGATE, THIS ARIFACT WAS ONE OF THE ANSWERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED GLOSS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Mask, headlamp, circa 1939–1945, Artifact no. 1998.0095, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0095.001/
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