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Bryan wrote:Talk underwater......
It looks like they used a stock surplus gas mask voice diaphragm off a U.S. Navy Mk.III, Mk.IV or Navy Diaphragm Optical Mk.I Mask and stuck it on a mouthpiece - the size, shape, and positioning of holes looks dead on like it... There was plenty of ND Gas Mask Repair Kits kicking around postwar, I bet.Talk underwater......
Bill, congrats on your big 60 years of diving anniversary (and to Francie's 50 years!) My first real dive was about May or June, 1967 (if you don't count wearing a mask and laying down in a tide pool at age 4 or 5) so I'm right there with Francie at 50 years of diving this summer. Shot my first halibut that summer and dove Port Royal, Jamaica with my Dad the next summer. Time Flys! Mark.antique diver wrote:As I approach the 60th anniversary of my first dive (July, 1957... at age 11), I really enjoyed the postings of Vintage equipment advertisement.
BTW, Francie has been diving for 50 years this summer. Glad we are both still able to enjoy diving!
I hope to see more postings of vintage ads. Thanks guys!
Vintage ads are rich sources when researching and chronicling diving equipment. Not only is their content valuable but the fact that they appear in a dated publication means that it is possible to chart when items of gear were launched, or at least available, if there is no manufacturer's catalogue to hand. One of my goals in retirement is to document early post-war British diving equipment manufacturing. I've started with series of ads in 1950s issues of the British Sub-Aqua Club magazines Neptune and Triton and my intention is to reconstruct a product list for each company using the ads as my source.antique diver wrote:As I approach the 60th anniversary of my first dive (July, 1957... at age 11), I really enjoyed the postings of Vintage equipment advertisement.
BTW, Francie has been diving for 50 years this summer. Glad we are both still able to enjoy diving!
I hope to see more postings of vintage ads. Thanks guys!
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