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Apr. 05 Suits to suit: Included in a recent London exhibit of the latest industrial and protective clothing were some outfits weird enough for the most enthusiastic outer space fan. Over 300 firms covered almost every occupation needing special clothing from high-altitude flying and antartic mountaineering to deep sea driving and radioactive isotope production. Photo shows trio from the exhibit (left to right) asbestos suit design for working in the tunnel kilns of potteries, new nurses uniform, and an inflatable exposure suit for the British Royal Air Force. Manufacturers (left to right); Bells Asbestos and Engineering Ltd. Stoke House, Stoke green, Slough, England; t.H. Willmott and Co. 15 C. Warren St. London W.l;P. Frankenstien, Culceth lane, Manchester 10, England

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13219746
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Antartic Asbestos Bells Enough Enthusiastic Exhibit Exposure Firms High-altitude Inflatable Isotope Kilns Mountaineering Needing Potteries Radioactive Recent Slough Stoke Trio Weird Willmott


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