DISPLAY CASE
Unusual

Asbestos Poster
Date: 1939 | Reference: D/EX1800/2
Bell’s Asbestos and Engineering Limited was established in the 1870s and moved its offices to the Slough Trading Estate in 1929.
It produced a large range of industrial products using asbestos, and these were shipped across the world. It continued trading until the 1970s.
This advert was published in the mid-20th century and is a representation of the types of products they produced.
'It’s almost surreal seeing advertisements portraying asbestos in such a positive manner considering what we now know about its effects. A lot of the adverts from this collection are unusual to look at from a modern perspective and I find it fascinating.'
- James Mould, Archives Assistant
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