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Cartoon, Croesus, WW1Cartoon, Croesus (Cresus). A comment on the food shortage in France during the First World War - a man hides his egg in a safe
Cartoon, Concerning sugar, WW1Cartoon, Concerning sugar. Two French women discuss how little sugar they are using during the sugar crisis, but it still sounds like quite a lot! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The sugar crisis, WW1Cartoon, The sugar crisis. A diabetic man wonders why all the dogs are following him. A comment on a new wartime rule not to give sugar to dogs. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The... High Price of ProvisionsCartoon, The Real Cause of the present High Price of Provisions, or, a View on the Sea Coast of England with French Agents smuggling away Supplies for France
Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks outCartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918
WW1 - Comment on the food shortageWW1 - To ensure food supply during shortages, National and local food control committees were established to ensure food distribution across the country
Gas bag omnibus in Edinburgh, WW1An example of a coal gas powered vehicle in Edinburgh - in this case a bus which holds a voluminous rubber bag for the gas on its roof
Become a subscriber to The Tatler, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement in The Sphere encouraging readers to subscribe to its sister paper, The Tatler, to avoid missing out during wartime
A Scent Evanescent by Wilmot Lunt - petrol shortages, WW1CHEMIST: " That, madame, is petrol - our dearest and rarest perfume." Cartoon in The Bystander commenting on the extortionate cost of petrol as it became increasingly scarce on the home
New Fashions for 1918 by William Heath Robinson, WW1New Fashions for 1918 - designed to meet the shortage of tweeds. A series of revealing menswear outfits suggested by Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: 1918
The Last Man by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoonThe Last Man by William Heath Robinson, showing a gentleman perched precariously on the top of Nelsons Column while numerous women search for him below - a comment on the shortage of men
Goatskin shortages in 1915: humourous alternatives suggestedHirsuitabilities: A humourous suggestion from Edwin Morrow in responce to the possibility of a shortage in supply of goat skins for soldiers winter overcoats. Date: 1915
Commandeering meat for the army during World War ICargoes of frozen meat were commandeered by the Government on arrival in the UK. On the eve of the war the prices of provisions shot up suddenly but the Government stepped in
The Threatened Slump in Husbands: post WW1 polgamy imaginedThe 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
Food shortages, WW1London society finds that the only topic of conversation in 1918 is food, rationing and what there is available to eat. An illustration by Annie Fish to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in
Eve talks to Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, WW1Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, lectures Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller during the latter part of the First World War, on the fact that his economy campaign
Munitions scandal, cartoon, WW1Cartoon from London Opinion reproduced in The Tatler in their Pictorial Politics, column, showing a British officer, representing the Army, talking to a shopkeeper, representing John Bull
Growing vegetables for victory, WW1A page from The Graphic demonstrating the wide variety of ways the British population was growing vegetables during the First World War
Society dinner party in wartime, WW1Illustration to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in The Tatler, showing a society dinner party, with guests wrapped in furs against the cold
The Bank of England at the beginning of World War IThe prospect of a shortage of gold owing to the threatened rupture of financial relations with the Continent resulted in a highly unusual spectacle at the Bank of England in London
A blanket converted into an overcoat for British soldiersThe blanket as overcoat. With the shortage of military overcoats, a suggestion for converting a blanket into a warm and practical coat
Lady Kindersley as a waste paper merchant, WW1Lady Kindersley, formerly Miss Gladys Beadle, pictured near her home in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, collecting waste paper with the aid of her children and two donkey carts
Baking your own bread, WW1First World War advertisement from the British Commercial Gas Association, suggesting that, with the reduction in the number of bakers throughout the country
The Food Problem, WW1 cartoon by FishProfessor of Economics (to Hostess): Pardon! - my bread, I believe. Polite society begin to squablle over portions as food shortages take hold in the latter part of the First World War. Date: 1917
Shortage of ammunitions 1916During the early months of World War One the British force suffered greatly through shortage of ammunitions. A tremendous drive by Mr
British soldier working on the land, WW1A British soldier driving a plough during the First World War. Owing to the lateness of the years sowing in 1916, due to bad weather and shortage of labour
Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-warA car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2
Advert for Goodyears Chemigum synthetic rubber 1942Another Goodyear contribution to progress. Since the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies the loss of our crude rubber supply has been extremely serious to the Allied War Effort
WW2 - Home front - British housewives queue to buy eggsOctober, 1940 - British housewives queue to buy eggs, both domestically sourced and supplied from the Dominions - in this case, Canada. Date: 1940
Iron and Steel Act - Cartoon on shortage of steelFears over steel shortages due the impending Nationalisation of the Steel Industry via the Iron and Steel Act of 1949. Two gents face a cautious Seafood seller (George Higgs)
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Where to put Cookery Books?WW2 Rationing - Humour - Where shall we put the old-time Cookery Books? Fiction or Humour ?! Date: circa 1944
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Inside Information" This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister. Inside Information - a little girl out shopping for fish is slightly disappointed to
WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry
WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with Shreds and ThredsWW2 - Austerity - Getting by with Shreds and Threads. Lovely card by Evelyn E Morris, relating to the need for austerity during wartime and hence a lack of available cloth for new clothes or repairs
Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paperDuring World War Two, the growing shortage of paper from overseas meant that the daily papers shrinked in size. Britains public was encouraged to save every scrap of paper
Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubberDuring World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce. Old rubber was collected from old tyres and worn hose-pipes
Tunstead and Happing Corporation Penny Token
Forces Tennis BallsA Lillywhites girl shows off the surplus of tennis balls donated by Dunlop, Slazenger etc. following an appeal due to a shortage within the Armed Forces! Date: 28 May 1942
Shopping queue 1948Lining up to get some fresh fruit, Malmo, Sweden 1948. Date: 1948
Ram Roasting TraditionThe Ram Roasting Fair at Kingsteington, Devon, England, is an annual (Whit Tuesday) event. A lamb is sacrificed in thanks for rain after a period of drought. Date: circa 1950
World War Two Rationing - Christmas Dinner in pill form - rather meagre Fare. Date: circa 1941
Lord Kitchener in France during shell crisis, WW1Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) and others leaving a conference in France during the shell shortage crisis, First World War. Date: circa 1915
Rationing - WW1 - Fancy Dress CostumeRationing was introduced into Britain at the tale end of World War One - in February 1918. Rationing was introduced in response to an effective U-boat campaign and during World War One
Recipe for a midsummer hotpotWartime recipe, incorporating a multitude of vegetables along with bacon scaps and cheese
Different ways of dealing with the scarcity of oilIllustration by W. Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
Shortage of Labour during WWIDepicting the problem of manpower shortage on the home front during World War One. A householder finds it impossible to get an odd job man to fix a dripping tap. They re all off fighting the war
Racecourse PlowedThe authorities take the food shortage seriously - just how seriously is evidenced by the plowing up of this racecourse near Petrograd so that crops can be planted there