Buy Victory Loan flyer, page 1

Category

Library Item

Item no

30313

Title

Buy Victory Loan flyer, page 1

Description

A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing the Victory Loan leaflet dropped from a balloon previously used for dropping propaganda leaflets over German Lines.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1919

Size

18.0 x 14.0 cm

Type

Document

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

After WW1 the British Government was heavily in debt, and one of the ways of borrowing money was the sale of 'Victory Loan' Bonds. The issue was launched in June 1919, when King George V issued an appeal to the people of the United Kingdom to support the Victory Loan.

This image is taken from the 2nd 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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