1863

advantage

famine

library of congress

prices

19th century

cartoons commentary

civil war

confederate states of america

famine prices

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[Advantage of famine prices], Confederate States of America.

[Advantage of famine prices], Confederate States of America.

Cartoon relating to shortage of quinine in Confederacy. Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1863. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: 2; Shelf.

Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving

Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving

Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.