Lancashire Cotton Famine, Britain, 1864, due to blockade of southern ports during the American Civil War. Out of work women mill operatives welcoming a delivery of cotton bales which will enable them to work again. Engraving, 1864.

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Lancashire Cotton Famine, Britain, 1864, due to blockade of southern ports during the American Civil War. Out of work women mill operatives welcoming a delivery of cotton bales which will enable them to work again. Engraving, 1864.

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