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Picture No 10823995
Date 1916
Description Union Jack Club fundraising advertisement, WW1
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Advertisement in The Sphere, asking for donations towards an extension to the Union Jack Club of Waterloo Road, London during the First World War. The Union Jack Club was founded in 1907 as a place for servicemen of all nationalities to stay while in London. The appeal mentions that though the club had 355 bedrooms, it accommodated 800 men every night. Illustration shows the smoke-room of the club with soldiers and sailors pictured relaxing and playing board games among the haze of pipe and cigarette smoke.
Source Advertisement in The Sphere, 4 November 1916
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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