British servicemen performing a sketch on the power of the press. Photograph, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043069i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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British servicemen performing a sketch on the power of the press. Photograph, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This photograph was taken during a British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I and is one in a series of seven photographs: Wellcome Library nos. 2043067i, 2043068i, 2043069i, 2043070i, 2043071i, 2043072i, 2043074i.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : albumen print ; 8.7 x 13.9 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A group of fifteen men in various costumes in a tableau entitled 'The power of the press'. Several wear smock-dresses, their yokes emblazoned with the names of popular newspapers: The Daily Mail, The War Cry, The Morning Star, etc. The backdrop is formed of the Japanese flag."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

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Wellcome Collection 2043069i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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