Barrage balloon manufacture. Cementing with a paint brush. This worker is a fabric cementer busy applying a rigging patch to the side of a new barrage balloon. Although the fabric looks mussed at the moment, it will be stretched tight and smooth when the new piece of fabric is added. Seams are triple protected against leaks, folded over, cement-welded, taped on both sides with overlapping rubber adhesive tape. Such seams will never pull apart under pressure. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio
Summary
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1941
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
Location
Akron (Ohio), 41.08139, -81.51889
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain