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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 11, 2015.
Depicted ContentCivil War Homefront
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cartoon
Original caption
"STATE OF THE MARKET." Old Lady: "What! two cents a pound to-day more than yesterday - and after such great victories!" Butcher: That's how it is. Each fresh victory costs money, and so makes things dearer."
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 24, 1864, p. 016.