Little boy in a knitted jumper, 1951

Little boy in a knitted jumper, 1951. A photographic by Photographic Advertising Limited, sold for use in Holland, Australia and New Zealand. Images of children are common in the Photographic Advertising archive. Photographs of smiling boys and girls were used by advertisers to promote a wide range of products. Photographic Advertising Limited, founded in 1926, created multi-purpose stock images with the potential for selling a range of products. Whilst enjoying its greatest success during the 1930s, it continued in business until 1977. Their trademark, the staged studio photograph resembling a film still, was its selling point and, later, its downfall. Sophisticated, adaptable and generic, this kind of image gradually fell out of favour as clients increasingly demanded targeted advertising campaigns with specific photographs. ©SSPL/NMeM/Photographic Advertising