Yup. The very big reflectors were not popular largely because they interfered with the photographer's head, as you can imagine.
I have one particularly thorough volume on bulb flash photography published in the 40's I wish I could copy it for you.
Google Books, perhaps? I will look into this!
True. And no surprise that around WWII we could get big bulb flashes that used NO batteries at all, largely made in the USA and Britain. I've posted pictures of some.
Here is an unusual, possibly rare version bracketed for a Leica. I have one! I have a couple more different universal versions I could post as well.
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