A man demonstrating Pattern 230 breathing apparatus in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire
A ¾ length portrait of a man in overalls wearing a breathing apparatus and holding a board on which is written "Pattern 230 Breathing Apparatus". The apparatus has a flexible corrugated tube fitted to the mouthpiece and it passes through a loop in the waist belt and down his right leg. The bottom of the tube is out of the picture. The man is standing outside a brick building, presumably in Portsmouth Dockyard. Vertical format.
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Object details
| ID: | N24498 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 25 October 1933 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 164 mm x 120 mm |