The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's Magazine

Category

Library Item

Item no

29815

Title

The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's Magazine

Description

A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 1) showing the front cover of the The Girls' Own Paper magazine.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1915

Size

27.5 x 21.8 cm

Type

Document; Press cutting

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Girl's Own Paper was published by the Religious Tract Society (subsequently Lutterworth Press) as a counterpart to the Boys Own Paper from 1880 to 1956. In 1908 the title changed to that in the illustration.

This image is taken from the 1st of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.

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