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    • Dry Propaganda
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      • World War I
        • Poster 1 - Non-Essential
        • Poster 2 - Not in the Peace Treaty
        • Poster 3 - Strength - Endurance - Skill
        • Poster 4 - Let's all go Clean Over The Top
    • Ohio Dry Campaign
      • Ohio Dry Campaign 1
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      • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 1
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      • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 4
      • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 5
    • The American Issue Publishing Company
  • 1920s
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    • The Federal Council of Churches
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    • Fiorello LaGuardia on Prohibition
    • Student Testimony Against Prohibition
  • Cartoons
    • Introduction
    • Cartoon 1 - I Am Innocent
    • Cartoon 2 - Gold Dust Twins
    • Cartoon 3 - Woodman
    • Cartoon 4 - The American Eagle
    • Cartoon 5 - Modern Devil Fish
    • Cartoon 6 - Crown of Principle and Political Righteousness
    • Cartoon 7 - Respectable Vote
    • Cartoon 8 - Thirty Pieces of Silver
    • Cartoon 9 - His Master's Voice
    • Cartoon 10 - Yank The Saloon Tooth Out
    • Cartoon 11 - The Charmer
    • Cartoon 12 - Eyes Have They
    • Cartoon 13 - Punch and Judy
    • Cartoon 14 - Foxes and The "Sour" Grapes
    • Cartoon 15 - Perfectly Neutral
    • Cartoon 16 - Appeal to the Individual Voter
    • Cartoon 17 - Puzzle Picture
    • Cartoon 18 - The Saloon
    • Cartoon 19 - Stand Pat Voters
    • Cartoon 20 - Me and Betty Killed the Bar
    • Cartoon 21 - Rip Van Winkle
    • Cartoon 22 - Throwing His Vote Away
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    • The production of beer in the United States, 1870-1970
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    • The Woman's Crusade in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio
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    • The Saloon in an Illinois Coal-Mining Town
    • Saloons in Chicago Before World War I
    • Saloons of Homestead
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    • Biography of Frances E. Willard
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    • Eulogy of Frances E. Willard

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Uncle Sam Benefits

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Uncle Sam makes grist for his own mill

Prohibition advocates complained that the tax revenue gained from the liquor trades made it difficult for government to enact the laws necessary to regulate and outlaw those businesses. This Frank Beard cartoon reflects a very old lament of American drys.

Anti-Saloon League

  • Dry Propaganda
    • Dry Arguments
      • Downward Path
      • Reluctant Police
      • Saloon Corrupts
      • Saloon Parties
      • Saloon Protection
      • Uncle Sam Benefits
    • World War I
      • Poster 1 - Non-Essential
      • Poster 2 - Not in the Peace Treaty
      • Poster 3 - Strength - Endurance - Skill
      • Poster 4 - Let's all go Clean Over The Top
  • Ohio Dry Campaign
    • Ohio Dry Campaign 1
    • Ohio Dry Campaign 2
    • Ohio Dry Campaign 3
    • Ohio Dry Campaign 4
    • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 1
    • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 2
    • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 3
    • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 4
    • Ohio Dry Campaign - Office 5
  • The American Issue Publishing Company

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