Eight political cartoons examining Prohibition from P wet and dry perspectives appear on the following pages. They span the years from 1921, when the nation was one year into the “Noble Experiment,” to early 1930, when its path to repeal was hastened by the Great Depression. To analyze a political cartoon, consider its: CONTENT.

Women's Nat'l Committee for Law Enforcement. Fiorello LaGuardia on Prohibition. Student Testimony Against Prohibition. Cartoons.

2017年12月9日 · The cartoons here are included to represent the tortuous history of good intentions gone bad that in a little less than thirteen years disgraced municipal law enforcement, enriched shrewd...

Our national octopus can only be made to cease from troubling by plunging the sharp knife of Prohibition to the hilt into the seat of its vitality. In that process every citizen should have a hand.”

1 drawing : ink. | Cartoon on Prohibition shows a large hand labeled "Drys" closing "the lid" of a beer stein on a man inside. The man protests, "Have a heart!" A note beside the stein reads: "House closes the door of hope to the Wets."

2018年8月29日 · Here's a sampling about what the witty editorial cartoonists of the 1920s had to say about the prohibition of alcohol when it was the law of the land.

Prohibition (Party) Cartoons Reformers established the Prohibition Party in 1869 to offer candidates committed to the prohibition cause to American voters. Prohibition Party advocates claimed that the nation would never achieve prohibition, and that, once achieved, prohibition would never be adequately enforced, under either the Democratic or ...

Eight cartoons that examine Prohibition from wet and dry perspectives are presented in this collection—five wet, two dry, and one that illustrates the legislative status of Prohibition in 1930. Why the lack of balance?

2023年7月18日 · This collection of cartoons from the Prohibition era is a humorous and irreverent take on the politics and culture of the time. Featuring the work of renowned cartoonists Donald Farquharson Stewart and Henry W. Wilbur, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of American politics and social movements.

The only way by which the citizen can continuously wash his hands of responsibility for the license system, and the grog-shop which the system fosters, is by voting the ticket of the Prohibition Party.