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The American Issue, November 27, 1914
The top of the comic is of a father and his daughter on a chair reading during the holidays. The lower comic is of the father absent and the child in front of the saloon waiting for their parent to leave the saloon.
The American Issue, May 24, 1912
The father is in the saloon spending all of his money but when he gets back home he does not spend a single cent on his family.
Thirty-Six States Can Stop This By Constitutional Amendment. Series G. No. 19.
Its a couple in the background they have their child in the the cradle which is being looked after by the saloon. The kid has inherited his parent's alcoholism and will follow the footsteps of its' parents.
The Titanic Carried 1503 People. Series E No. 40
The poster shows an image of the Titanic with a shocking caption below:"DRINK CARRIES OFF 1,503 MEN AND WOMEN EVERY EIGHT DAYS IN THE YEAR. ONE MAN IN EVERY SEVEN AND A HALF WHO DIES IN THE UNITED STATES LOSES HIS LIFE AS THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT…
A Great Russian Victory. Series K. No 1
This poster discusses Russia's recent government enforced prohibition, highlighting how citizens saved money by not drinking while acknowledging the state's lost alcohol revenue. It argues that such government intervention succeeded in Russia and…
Alcoholic Dogs Had more Feeble and Defective Puppies.
In this poster it shows a graph of dogs that were feed alcohol compared to dogs that did not. The dogs that were given alcohol only 17% of their puppies survived compared to dogs that did not drink 90% of their puppies lived.
Hand and Hand Feeblemindedness and Alcoholism
The poster presents two pie graphs with manipulated data:
Graph 1: Percentage of 250 "feebleminded" children with alcoholic parents
Graph 2: Percentage of 100 "normal" children with alcoholic parents
By using unequal sample sizes (250 vs. 100),…
Alcohol and Citizenship
The poster puts a lot of emphasis onto the citizens of the nation. Without citizens resisting harmful supposedly then the nation will fall. This type of writing makes the reader very motivated to actually push towards banning alcohol.
Drinkers' Children Developed More Slowly
The poster features two comparative graphs tracking teething across three groups: abstainers, moderate drinkers, and frequent drinkers.
Top graph, cut teeth by eight months:
72% of abstainers’ children had cut teeth by eight months
66% of…
The American Issue, November 8, 1912
The comic shows a old mangy dog with poverty written on it back surrounded by hundreds of alcoholic bottles. There is also a sign on the side that reads "NEWS ITEM (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) NEW YORK OCT 28- A 'STRAW VOTE' OF NEARLY 20,000 DESTITUTE…