Flammable Dolls Collected by Ann Arbor Fire Department, January 1967
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Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1967
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Flammable Dolls Collected: Ann Arbor Fire Department Inspector Benjamin J. Zahn (left) holds on of 26 rag dolls which have been condemned by fire officials throughout the nation as hazardous and highly inflammable. The dolls, all made in Poland and distributed in the United States, have nitrocellulose faces which burst into flame when exposed to heat. The 26 dolls before Zahn and Ann Arbor Fire Marshal John R. Williams have been turned into local authorities since announcement of the hazard they present was made. They will be destroyed, Fire Chief Arthur L. Stauch says.
Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1967
Caption
Flammable Dolls Collected: Ann Arbor Fire Department Inspector Benjamin J. Zahn (left) holds on of 26 rag dolls which have been condemned by fire officials throughout the nation as hazardous and highly inflammable. The dolls, all made in Poland and distributed in the United States, have nitrocellulose faces which burst into flame when exposed to heat. The 26 dolls before Zahn and Ann Arbor Fire Marshal John R. Williams have been turned into local authorities since announcement of the hazard they present was made. They will be destroyed, Fire Chief Arthur L. Stauch says.
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1967
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January
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