Stirring Memories revived
Is the plump evening -suited chap, pipe firmly clamped, recalling his South African War service of the previous decade, his Officer Training Corps days at public school or reflecting on current events?
Naval manoeuvres
…to modern eyes the petticoated boy draped along the cigarette barrel of the cruiser while casually igniting it is incongruous to say the least and rather too active an involvement.
Cavander’s Culture Wars.
Cavander’s followed Ogden’s lead in employing the bayonet’s advertising thrust, albeit twenty-four years later – this time with accompanying rifle and a war well established.
Ogden’s “Guinea-Gold” Cigarettes Boer War advertising campaign 1899 – 1901
Ogden’s military advertising campaigns of the Boer war launched in the Illustrated London News magazine (hereafter ILN) of 9 September 1899, a month before the official declaration on 11 October.