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Monday, February 8, 2021

Children in propaganda postcards, World War I or Boer War

 






[between 1914 and 1918]

Description

5 postcards : col. ; 14 x 9 cm.

Copyright status

This work is out of copyright.

Identifier(s)

Accession no: H99.166/190

Accession no: H99.166/191

Accession no: H99.166/192

Accession no: H99.166/193

Accession no: H99.166/194

Subjects

Children and war -- Great Britain

Photographic postcards

Index terms

War; propaganda postcards; Great Britain; children

Notes

Printed on verso: Misch & Co. "Real Photo" Post cards. Series No. 3179/1 - 5.

Contents / Summary

Present Arms!: old soldier seated, three young children standing beside him, grandfather clock behind them, British flags on either side of clock, old man holding a gun and small boy holding a toy gun -- Slope Arms!: Soldier holding little girl by the hand, standing bending over a seated woman who has small boy and his gun standing within her arm -- Teaching him how to shoot: Old soldier has little boy seated on his knee helping the boy to aim, woman standing nearby holding rifle, little girl on seat -- Shoulder Arms!: Old soldier seated with little girl on his knee, little boy with toy rifle on his shoulder, another little girl standing holding the edge of a flag -- Tales of the flag: Old soldier standing holding edge of flag, little boy standing looking at him holding his toy rifle, little girl and woman on left watching them.

Source / Donor

Gift of Mrs Shirley Jones, 1999.

Opening of new South African railway line (1925)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCpGsR_7VE