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Balloons in Westgate Street, Cardiff, postcard
Postcard - not dated. View of the rear end of an airship inside a building. In front are rows of what are presumably the people who built the ship (almost all female). On reverse H.McK poses the question "Is this possibly the balloon factory in Westgate Street?" "The Staff of the Willow's Aircraft Co. Ltd in 1918 with some of the kite balloons they constructed in a building in Westgate Street, Cardiff, which had been used as an American roller-skating rink." as described by Alec McKinty (plate.27). See bibliography.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
88.164I/44
Creation/Production
unknown
Date: unknown date
Acquisition
Collected officially, 6/12/1988
Measurements
Length
(mm): 85
Width
(mm): 135
Techniques
sepia (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
card
Location
In store
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