poppyday

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Gladys Moncrieff rides a poppy-laden float, donated by Holeproof Hosiery Company, 11 Nov 1927-1930 / by Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    "Gladys Moncrieff looks at the crowd during a Remembrance Day fund-raising [parade] from the Seneschal car of Harold S. Darke, Advertising Manager, Holeproof Hosiery. "Harold S. Darke may be driving his Seneschal car, as he enjoyed publicity."(1.)
  • q8500e said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called CARS - السيارات - 車 - Autos - coches - автомоб, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • b0b said:
    made sese then no doubt but now, looks like a scene from Monty Python. All the guys in bad suits and hats goggling the star....wow.
  • b0b said:
    made sense then no doubt but now, looks like a scene from Monty Python. All the guys in bad suits and hats goggling the star....wow.

No Mans Land, Flanders Field, France, 1919 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 15 older comments, and then…
  • leafy said:
    there's a beautiful version of this poem sung by Libera called We Are The Lost
  • Miss Foxeh said:
    The war to end all wars!
  • Francis Vlieghe said:
    Flanders is in Belgium not France. Just as Fries, they are Belgian, not French!!!
  • Corrie Barklimore said:
    Thank you for sharing this wonderfully powerful image. I borrowed it for a blog post over at CherryFingers Dynasty. Thank you...
  • nickelvd said:
    Unbelievable.