Bovril Collection

Piccadilly Circus 1956
Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others

The neon lights of Piccadilly Circus at night, London Date: circa 1950s

Angel Islington 1930S
A cyclist stops and takes in the night-time scene as a policeman directs the traffic at the crossroads on Upper Street, the Angel Islington, London

Trafalgar Square 1930S
A lovely summer evening scene in Trafalgar Square, London

Advertisement for Bovril - nurses must use Bovril in place of beef tea as it is infinitely more nourishing. Date: late 19th century

Bovril Poster Suggestion
A poster sketch suggested for an advertisement for Bovril, it shows a mermaid waving to some distant sailors, perched on a giant floating Bovril jar. Buoys you up. Date: circa 1922

Piccadilly Circus 1950S
Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others

Daily Bovril Advertisement
A colourful advertisement illustration promoting Bovril, the image portrays a pair of smartly dressed boys racing their red and yellow cars. They're jolly well taking Daily BOVRIL

Nelson Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. circa 1905

Boys Club, fancy dress, February 1931
Seven boys from a Boys Club in wonderful fancy dress costume. Characters include, a News of the World paperboy, an Arab, a housewife

Patriotic Bovril advertisement during WW2
Patriotic Bovril advertisement during the Second World War -- Cheers! Date: 1940s

Bovril drinking film scene, In Which We Serve, WW2
Bovril drinking film scene, In Which We Serve (directed by Noel Coward and David Lean, 1942), showing soldiers rescued from Dunkirk on the bridge of a destroyer with mugs of hot Bovril rather heavily

Bovril and Pemmican products, WW2
Bovril and Pemmican products, together with oatmeal, meat and tea, supplied in ration packs during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Bovril factory at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, WW2
Aerial view of the new Bovril factory at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, built outside London to avoid bombing raids during the Second World War. The factory was operational by the end of 1940

Bovril Poster
A poster design advertising Bovril, a thick meat extract. The image portrays a young woman, sat at her writing desk by the window, compiling a list, with a quote, I must not forget the Bovril

Bovril On Top
This painting is a promotional image for Bovril, it portrays a young woman having been shopping, carrying a basket containing a plethora of goods, but standing out on top of the pile

Bovril Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Bovril, featuring the image of a young girl on the telephone, with a happy smile on her face, with the phrase, It must be Bovril, Mummy says so. Date: circa 1917

Advertisement for Bovril, barrage balloon
Advertisement for Bovril, man in red and white striped pyjamas, red slippers, riding barrage balloon in a blue sky, holding cup of Bovril aloft. Captioned, Bovril prevents that sinking feeling'

Cartoon advertisements for Bovril, captioned, Studies in Economy'. Showing man and woman looking first at fur coat, then new pullover, with man wearing billboard advertising

W H Smith & Son, news stand, London Railway Terminus Date: 1911

Advert for Bovril with vegetables, WW2
Advert for Bovril - puts a smile into vegetables, WW2 Date: 1943

Ludgate Circus 1901
Ludgate Circus, with heavy traffic. Date: 1901

Women look out on Trafalgar Square, London
Women in WRVS uniform look out from the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square, London, with Big Ben in the distance. Date: circa 1940s

Advert for Bovril, 1925 Date: 1925

Refreshments for airmen, WW2
Refreshments for airmen during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Refreshments in a London street after a night raid, WW2
Refreshments in a London street after a night raid during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Two Bovril advertisements during WW2
Two Bovril advertisements which appeared during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Ships lifeboat and airmens dinghy, WW2
A ships lifeboat and an airmens dinghy during the Second World War. Both were supplied with Bovril products, including tins of Pemmican (a form of preserved meat with a high nutritional value)

Refreshments for emergency workers, WW2
Refreshments for emergency workers on the Home Front during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Bovril factory workers packing supplies, WW2
Bovril factory workers packing emergency ration packs for British forces, probably at the factory in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, during the Second World War. Date: early 1940s

Bovril factory fire damage, Old Street, London, WW2
Fire damage from a bombing raid inside the Bovril factory, Old Street, London, during the Second World War in November 1941. A large number of cardboard packing cases were lost

Aerial view of Bovril factory, Old Street, London
Aerial view of the Bovril factory in Old Street, London, before it was bombed in 1940. Date: circa 1930s

Bovril factory bombed, Old Street, London, WW2
Bovril factory bombed, Old Street, London, during the Second World War in the autumn of 1940. A large consignment of goods ready for dispatch was destroyed, windows were shattered

Refreshments for evacuees, WW2
Refreshments for evacuees during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Ian Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke (1905-1996), British peer, businessman and philanthropist, Chairman of Bovril Ltd and other companies. Date: 1946

Front cover design, The War Story of Bovril. Date: 1946

Railway station, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
Aerial view of the railway station, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal, with the beach on the right. Date: circa 1930

Lawson Johnston, founder of Bovril

Esplanade and Clarence Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, on a busy day. Date: circa 1920s

Bovril Manufactory, London 1896
Bottling and capsuling in Bovril Manufactory, London Date: 1896

Ludgate Circus, with advertising on sides of public transport and buildings

New craze for artistic posters 1896
A private view of one of the collections, hobby that came into fashion, enthusiasts are giving up large rooms for the purpose of properly displaying the posters

Advertisment posters on the London Omnibuses 1896
In Bow Street where a Victorian Gentleman objected to the posters on the windows of the London Omnibuses. Date: 1896

View down Lozells Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, on the corner with Berners Street. Date: circa 1905

European looking runners with foil wrap, man with bolding head another fully wrapped in the silver white and red foil wrap sponsored by Bovril Date: 1983

Trafalgar Square and Nelsons Monument, London - at night Date: circa 1910s

Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London, with busy traffic. Date: circa 1900

Suffragette Publicity Advertising BOVRIL. The tram terminus at Brislington, South East of Bristol. A large advertising placard on the right reads, Vote for Women who buy BOVRIL

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