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whole: the image occupies the majority. A smaller image is placed in the upper right, set against a circular red inset.
The title and text are integrated and positioned in the upper left, in white outlined black and red, and in black. Further text is separate
and located in the lower fifth, in black, red and ochre, set against a red background.
image: a full-length depiction of a British Army officer, carrying a portable gramophone case in his right hand and smoking a cigarette. He
walks past a British sailor, infantryman and man dressed in a blue suit and Army hat, who all salute him. The smaller image is of an open
gramophone case.
text: THE DECCA GRAMOPHONE
'They shall have music wherever they go!'
H.M.S. MARS
in 3 styles
Leatherette £4' 10'-
Fibre £5' 10'-
Cowhide £8' 8'-
Carried as easily as a handbag
Another advertisement, with a similar design, was also produced (see PST 13690). | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | business / trading / markets Costume and fashion Military Personnel Uniforms Advertising Decca Gramophone music / song / anthems WW1 British Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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