Mary Evans Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers

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Picture No	10724139
Date	1907
Description	Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Washing 1907
Details	After the ostrich feathers complete there journey from Cape Town, South Africa, bales of cruelly plucked feathers arrive by boat to London, the Worlds feather market. Still with flesh torn and bleeding tips, feathers were sorted in classes and grades varying in length and quality, with the long and full ones fetching the highest prices. Photograph showing men washing the feathers in a rotary bath, before selling at auction to buyers from Paris, Vienna and America.
Source	Photograph in 'The Lady's Realm', 1907, volume 21, page 340
Credit	Mary Evans Picture Library
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