British Offcer’s Boots (Magazine Ad, 1915)
An illustrated magazine advertisement from 1915 which displays the variety of private purchase footwear available to British and Commonwealth officers during World War I.
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Custom-Tailored Uniform Ad (Cambridge Magazine, 1918)
An advertisement promoting the abilities of Dunhills, Ltd.. All officers were expected to wear tailor made uniforms.
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.
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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 Its principal distinction from the styles that has superseded is the abolition of the time-honored stand collar in favor of the open step collar style as generally adopted for mufti garments.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.
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