From the March 5, 1932, issue

WEIRD LEATHER COSTUMES PROTECT ELECTRIC WORKERS

Dressed in the clothes of imagined creatures from a distant planet, these power plant operators open and close the switches of transmission lines that bring power for electric lamp and industrial motor. The costume, a new invention of safety engineers, is designed to protect the wearer from flashes of fire that occur when high-voltage conductors become short-circuited.