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Title Details	NAMARCO retail store- National Marketing Corporation
Subjects	1955 1950-1959 Baguio City namarco national marketing corporation rice mob
Material Type	VM Visual material
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Format	print
Image Type	Reproduction
Original Caption	A NAMARCO rice distributor in Baguio was nearly mobbed by rice hungry people. The grain had to be passed through a hole in the door.
Place	Baguio City
Keyword	namarco national marketing corporation rice mob

Item Call Number	FI00163
Status	Available
Barcode	FI00163
Photo Id	Photo ID - FI00163
Title	Title - NAMARCO retail store- National Marketing Corporation
Notes	Notes - In the early 1960s, the rise in the prices of basic commodities was a major political issue. The prices of goods like sugar, cooking oil and milk rose because rice, the bellwether of prime commodities, was scarce. And since industries were then buying their raw materials in the free market, they had to pay more for their imports and later pass on to the consumers this additional cost. National Marketing Corporation in 1955. R.A. 1345, approve by President Magsaysay on June 17 (1955), provided for the capitalization of the new corporation, NAMARCO was designed to be a wholesale supplier to Filipino retailers.
Media Format	Media format - print
Image Type	Image Type - Reproduction
Original Caption	Original Caption - A NAMARCO rice distributor in Baguio was nearly mobbed by rice hungry people. The grain had to be passed through a hole in the door.
Date	Date - 1955
Subject	Subject - 1950-1959
Place	Place - Baguio City
Keywords	Keyword - namarco Keyword - national marketing corporation Keyword - rice Keyword - mob

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