Picture No | 10693644 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | His Master's Voice, military band recording World War One |
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Advertisement for a recording on His Master's Voice music label during World War One, of Major Mackenzie Rogan and the band of the Coldstream Guards, playing, 'the most stirring composition of the past and present age in their fullest glory.' The advert suggests the music is an acceptable gift to soldiers in hospital, at camp, in the trenches and in billets and will 'bring a little sunshine of happiness into their lives.'
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Source | Advertisement in The Bystander, 26 June 1918 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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