The female workers from Tung Ying Hok Po (owned by Sir Robert Hutong and Lady Hotung) were organised from Hong Kong to Wembley to demonstrate the silk-making process at the Hong Kong Section. This postcard is part of a series featuring the silk production process. This photogravure postcard features a moth plate. The silkworms crawl on the plate and some have begun to spin silk cocoon.
Some silkworms spinning silk
SKU: BE004
- c.1924-1925