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The Threatened Slump in Husbands: post WW1 polgamy imagined

The Bystander takes a humourous look in 1915 at the marriage problems that may arise after the war is over. C.E Peto imagines the social consequences of polgamy becoming permissable in the wake of possible man shortages

Picture No
10731649
Media ID
46114899
Size
3877px x 6271px (2.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page of silhouettes by C.E Peto in The Bystander, 10th March 1915, page 331
Date
March 1915

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Brides Consequences Humourous Husbands Joke Marry Marrying Matrimony Polygamy Problems Shortage Shortages


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