Summary
Lantern slide promoting Earl Haig's appeal. Depicts British Legion Poppy Factory, showing 'some of the 200 severley disabled ex-service men who are employed throughout the year making Flanders poppies you will wear on Remembrance Day, November 11th'.
The Earl Haig Fund was established up in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1st Earl Haig) to assist ex-servicemen. Its members continue to sell remembrance poppies in the weeks before Remembrance Day/Armistice Day.
Description of Content
Photograph of men seated at several tables, making poppies. Many wear aprons; all wear jackets and ties. Several boxes of poppies are placed on the tables. A window on the right provides light. Above and below the image is white text on black background.
Physical Description
Glass lantern slide, square, printed in black and white with inscription top and bottom and photograph in centre. Black edging.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Acquisition Information
Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI), Mr David Francis, by Nov 1990
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Person Named
Sir Douglas Haig, 1920s
Includes signature of Earl Haig -
Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Black & White
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Printed on slide: 'EARL HAIG'S APPEAL/A corner of the British Legion Poppy Factory/SOME OF THE 200 SEVERELY DISABLED EX-/SEVICE MEN WHO ARE EMPLOYED/THROUGHOUT THE YEAR MAKING THE/FLANDERS POPPIES YOU WILL WEAR ON/REMEMBRANCE DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH'.
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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References
'Haig Fund', Wikipedia, [Link 1] accessed 24/3/2011
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Keywords
Disabilities, Fundraising, Remembrance, World War I, 1914-1918, Lantern Slides
