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| Picture No | 10951957 |
| Date | 1918 |
| Description | Communal Kitchens, WWI by Will Owen |
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Cartoon by Will Owen, a humorous comment on the rise of the communal kitchen, introduced during the First World War as a way of providing war workers and the poor with nourishing meals, produced in the most efficient and economical way possible. This cartoon appeared after Alderman C. F. Spencer, Director of National Kitchens outlined a proposal for the establishments where distribution could potentially be via tramways, motor or gas-bag buses. He also mentioned how hanging baskets could be used to decorate the kitchens, music from gramophones or electric pianos could pass the time while people were waiting to be served and public baths might be used for washing dish cloths! Owen has done his best to visualise this Utopia with tongue firmly in cheek.
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| Source | Illustration in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 16 February 1918 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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