Leonard Bentley
Piccadilly Circus: 1908
This is a very animated postcard published and printed in the UK by W.H. Smith in their Kingsway series. It dates from about 1908 and shows Piccadilly Circus looking northwest towards the Quadrant and Regent Street. There is a Vine Street police constable on point duty bottom right with his arms akimbo. Middle left is the famous drapers, Swan & Edgar and on the right is an early motor bus heading towards the Elephant & Castle and Camberwell with an advertisement for "Tatcho", this was a hair restorer for gentlemen which was endorsed on the bottle by George R. Sims who was a famous journalist, playwright and poet. One of his most famous stanzas was "It is Christmas day in the workhouse". Mr. Sims had registered the product in 1897 and in 1912 the British Medical Association published a report on the hair restorer stating that it contained 2.7 parts Borax, 2-5 parts glycerine, and small parts of quinine, formaldehyde, alcohol, and perfume". I don't think it worked somehow. Best viewed with the zoom feature.
Piccadilly Circus: 1908
This is a very animated postcard published and printed in the UK by W.H. Smith in their Kingsway series. It dates from about 1908 and shows Piccadilly Circus looking northwest towards the Quadrant and Regent Street. There is a Vine Street police constable on point duty bottom right with his arms akimbo. Middle left is the famous drapers, Swan & Edgar and on the right is an early motor bus heading towards the Elephant & Castle and Camberwell with an advertisement for "Tatcho", this was a hair restorer for gentlemen which was endorsed on the bottle by George R. Sims who was a famous journalist, playwright and poet. One of his most famous stanzas was "It is Christmas day in the workhouse". Mr. Sims had registered the product in 1897 and in 1912 the British Medical Association published a report on the hair restorer stating that it contained 2.7 parts Borax, 2-5 parts glycerine, and small parts of quinine, formaldehyde, alcohol, and perfume". I don't think it worked somehow. Best viewed with the zoom feature.