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A rectangular clear-glass advertising paperweight with lettering on its underside reading Bell's "Poilite" (Asbestos Cement) Tiles & Sheets around a diamond Poilite trademark. It claims "60,000,000 square feet supplied to Gov't Depts in 1915" and gives the maker as Bell's United Asbestos Company Ltd., Southwark St., London, S.E. Poilite asbestos-cement tiles and sheets were roofing and building materials.
- Made by
- Bell's United Asbestos Company Ltd.
- Artifact
- Promotional item in the AsbestosClaims.Law collection
- Asbestos
- The paperweight is clear glass; it advertises "Bell's 'Poilite' (Asbestos Cement) Tiles & Sheets." The object itself is not an asbestos product and has not been tested.
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 14647 · asbestosclaims.law/library/14647
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- Photographs by AsbestosClaims.Law of an item in its collection.
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“Bell's United Asbestos Company: Poilite Advertising Paperweight.” Bell's United Asbestos Company Ltd. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/artifacts/bells-united-asbestos-company-poilite-advertising-paperweight.
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