Dye shop at Battersby's hatworks
Dye shop at Battersby's hatworks showing the felt cones from which hats were eventually formed. It was the dying process which used mercury, which to a greater or lesser degree poisoned those who came into contact with it, and the symptoms it caused led to the expression mad as a hatter
Picture No
10920501
Media ID
45286229
Size
5519px x 3137px
(4.1MB)
Credit
(c)The Battersby Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
From original glass negative
Date
1902
