Custom Made Tunic and Mack for British Officers
(L’Illustration, 1915)
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The British Officer’s Trench Cap of W.W. I
(Tatler Magazine, 1915)
Attached is a 1915 magazine ad from a British society magazine that illustrates the profile of the British Service Hat (trench cap). This wool headgear was worn by all British and Commonwealth forces prior to the 1916 introduction of the Brody Helmet (tin hat), which was issued in order to reduce the high number of head injuries.
The British 1912 Officer Jacket
(West End Gazette, 1915)
The January, 1915, issue of THE WEST END GAZETTE devoted three pages of tailoring instructions for British officer’s Khaki Service Jacket. The uniform was first issued in 1912:
The latest development in connection with military tailoring is the introduction of a new style of Service Dress for field wear. Its principal distinction from the styles that has superseded is the abolition of the time-honored stand collar in favor of the open step collar style as generally adopted for mufti garments.
W.W. I Clip Art: American Officers
Three commercial illustrations of American World War One officers that originally appeared in the margins of the U.S. army weekly The Stars and Stripes.
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W.W. I Clip Art: British Officers
Three commercial drawings of World War One British officers pulled from three different wartime publications.
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W.W. I Clip Art: Women
Three commercial illustrations of women that had originally appeared in an American clothing catalog in the year 1918.
Click here to read a collection of articles about the roll women played during W.W. I.
Immigration Restrictions in Canada
(The Atlanta Georgian, 1917)
In 1917 an American newspaper reported that Canada, heeding the protests of it’s most impoverished citizens, moved to restrict the flow of the immigrants to their shores:
The commissioners say that in Canada, as in Australia, there is a strong current of opposition to immigration as it is now carried on, particularly among the wage earners in the cities. It is recognized that the development of the land is of prime consideration and that the tide of immigration into the cities has created a surplus, whereas the rural communities have suffered.
KEY WORDS: Immigration History Canada,Poor Immigrants 1917,Immigration Policy Canada,Canada Immigration, Australia Immigration, History Immigration,North American Immigration History,Canadian Immigration Restrictions 1917
The Civl War as Unifier
(The Sewanee Review, 1913)
The torrent of natural life has swept away the bitter memories of brother struggling with brother. In both North and South faces are turned from the past, and hearts are filled with pride and hope and aspiration for the future of the republic….The magnanimity which Grant displayed at Appomattox, the restraint which even political temper displayed during Reconstruction, stopping short of confiscation of property and the execution of prominent leaders…these things furnish a new chapter in the history of victor and vanquished. KEY WORDS: Civil War, Civil War Reconstruction, Malace Toward – None Charity Toward All.
Shall Tobacco Follow Alcohol?
(The Independent, 1919)
The same forces that saw to it that alcohol was outlawed were debating as to whether or not liquor should be similarly restricted. It is interesting to read this piece because the same exact arguments are used to this very day as to the same subject. Tobacco was as well understood eighty six years ago. KEY WORDS: Outlawing Tobacco, Prohibition of Tobacco, Second-Hand Smoke, Congress and Smoking, Tobacco Laws, Congress and Tobacco, History of Tobacco, History of Tobacco in America…
A Case for Americanization…
(The American Legion Weekly, 1920)
When it came to the issue of assimilating immigrants on American shores and deporting Alien Slackers (and other assorted foreign ingrates), few groups yelled louder than the editors at The American Legion Weekly. In this anonymous opinion piece, one writer gently advocates for the recognition of American english.
The Blouse That Never Was…
(The Stars and Stripes, 1918)
The First World War introduced firsts in so many categories, but this one item of military apparel has yet to be issued to any combatant in any war. KEY WORDS: Make-Believe Clothing, Un-Issued Uniform Items of World War One, Dreamers and the Clothes they Design, American Uniforms of World War One, Articles About Uniforms, Articles About Modern War, American Insignia, Articles About Industrial Wafare. U.S. Military Uniforms,