Picture No | 10700793 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Food panic at the outbreak of World War One |
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Illustration depicting the sad fate of a family stricken with war panic which was so prominent during the first week of the war. It sent food prices up to such an extent that the government were obliged to intervene by fixing maximum prices for certain commodities.
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Source | Illustration by G.E. Studdy in The Sketch, 12th August 1914, page 171 |
Credit | Illustrated London News/Mary Evans |
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