Spencer's balloon factory in London, 1908
Girls prepare a balloon envelope in Spencer's Balloon Factory, where the envelopes of zeppelins are manufactured. The girls are working on a process called rolling goldbeater's skin'. (the fine skin of the ox gut is rolled out, with the help of light hammers). Several men are watching them at work, in the upper left corner hangs a rolled up balloon envelope, behind in the middle are small sample balloons
Picture No
13330273
Media ID
48318270
Size
4958px x 4523px
(1.8MB)
Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - Scherl
Date
1908
