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State Archives of Florida, Series S419

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An advertisement for "The Sniff Kit" created and manufactured by the Northam Warren Corporation. The Sniff Kit, a civil defense preparatory kit, was designed to provide civil defense workers with an easy and safe method of identifying the five principal gases used in chemical warfare. Available in three styles, the kit contains five simulated gases: mustard, phosgene, chloropicrin, lewisite and tear gas.

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1942 (circa)

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Northam Warren Corporation
United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service
United States. Office of Civilian Defense

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Stamford (Conn.)

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Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942

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Chemical agents (Munitions)

Chemical warfare

Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use

World War, 1939-1945 -- Chemical warfare

Civil defense -- United States

World War II

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Northam Warren Corporation

United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service

United States. Office of Civilian Defense

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State Archives of Florida, Series S419

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1942 (circa)

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eng-US

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Text

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s419_b021_f02_x01

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Florida during World War II (1939-1945)

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Stamford (Conn.)

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Military And Veterans

Subject - Corporate

Northam Warren Corporation

United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service

United States. Office of Civilian Defense

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Northam Warren Corporation. Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942. 1942 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/341169>, accessed 28 November 2024.

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Northam Warren Corporation. Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942. 1942 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/341169>

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(State Archives of Florida/Northam Warren Corporation)

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