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| Picture No | 10956145 |
| Date | 1862 |
| Description | The cotton famine: workers waiting for breakfast 1862 |
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Workers waiting for breakfast in Mr Chapman's courtyard in Mottram, near Manchester, during the Lancashire cotton famine. WIth the supply of cotton from the United States disrupted by the Civil War there, many mills were forced to close, leading to loss of income for many workers and subsequently no money to purchase food.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration in The Illustrated London News, 20 December 1862, page 656 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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