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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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London's first posters using Negro models for beer, whiskey, and oil lamps were displayed briefly in a northeast district last week and removed, as they were only for photographic records by the agency, amid growing colored population.
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LONDON. - The first commercial posters in London using Negro models in advertising were ordered taken down last week with the explanation they had been displayed only to enable an agency to obtain pictures of them.
The four posters were displayed for three days in a crowded northeast district of London, and were advertisements for beer, whiskey (Continued on Page Eight)
Negro Models
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and oil lamps.
George Brewer, a director of W. P. H. poster displays said his firm has put them up "for record purposes only."
Brewer said as far as he knew they were the first such posters used in Britain. He said it was possible similar posters might be put up for commercial purposes "as a result of the growing number of colored people now living here."
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London
Event Date
Last Week
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the four posters were ordered taken down after three days of display.
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The first commercial posters in London using Negro models in advertising were displayed for three days in a crowded northeast district and advertised beer, whiskey, and oil lamps. They were put up by W. P. H. poster displays for record purposes only to obtain pictures. George Brewer, a director, stated they were the first such posters in Britain and similar ones might be used commercially due to the growing number of colored people living there.