Active Service - WW1 knitting postcard by Harold Copping
Postcard from the First World War depicting a woman knitting comforts for soldiers (note the khaki coloured wool), and gazing wistfully into the distance, no doubt hoping that her own soldier will make it back to Blighty unharmed. Knitting comforts for troops was one way in which women could take part in the war effort, and patterns for various items including hats, mittens, mufflers and waistcoats appeared in women's magazines of the period
Picture No
10698716
Media ID
46539017
Size
3200px x 5147px
(2.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration on a postcard by Harold Copping, c. 1915
Date
1914-1918
