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100.190

Title

Interior of Spirella Factory

Brief description

Black and white photograph of the interior of the Spirella factory showing a woman working at a bench sewing the main seams of a parachute for Irvin Airchute.

Production date

1939-1945

Content object

parachute
canopy
main seam

Content activity

manufacture

Content event

world war two

Content place

Spirella

Associated organisations

Irving Air Chute of Great Britain

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