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"From Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper. Evading the liquor law in Colorado Springs as witnessed by the members of the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion party. Four men drinking beer, which was passed to them through a small door in a wall."…

Prohibition propaganda.

Illustration of a tavern or dance house

"Unable To Find Employment, They Are Driven by Poverty Into the Streets to Beg, and By This Means They Still Supply the Bottle"; Black and white print in a series depicting the progressive degeneration of a family due to the evils of drinking; 8 1/2…

Number 1 in a series of 8 depicting the progressive degeneration of a family due to the evils of drinking.

"How awful were my feelings when, on glancing upwards, I saw a face of horrible malignancy, and a dozen serpests and dragons, and monsters of all shapes, coming, as it seemed, with hellish delight towards me."

Photographs of the officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, who worked to promote temperance and the 18th Amendment.

Newspaper Cartoon