Vigoro - Miles and Able with airship pioneer Dr. Barton

Vigoro meets Aviation. Photographed within the grounds of Alexandra Palace, this image captures a game of Vigoro featuring sportsmen Bobby Abel and Eustace Miles. Dr. Francis Barton, an early aeronautical pioneer, is seen fielding, while his construction engineer, Frederick Rawson, acts as the back-up batsman. The large shed in the background housed the Barton-Rawson dirigible, which was then under construction ahead of its 1905 maiden flight

Abel Able Acts Ahead Back-up Batsman Blimp Captures Combination Combine Combining Dirigible Elements Englishman Eustace Fast-paced Featuring Fielding Housed Hybrid Invented London-based Maiden Rawson Shed Sportsmen Vigoro

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