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- Collection: Newspaper Front Pages of The American Issue
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The American Issue, September 18, 1914
A monument for the victims of alcohol sits in front of a government building. it reads as "Erected in grateful memory of America's heroes who by buying beer furnish the revenue which saves the country from bankruptcy." It depicts a mother holding her…
The American Issue, September 17, 1915
A women walks into her bathroom and sees her maid clean up the water that is flowing from the faucet, but the faucet is still running so her work is in vain. The faucet is labeled as saloon and the water coming out was labeled as crime.
The American Issue, September 12, 1913
It is a comic of a mother and her child, who are praying before the young boy goes to bed. Next to his bed is a window that shows a saloon outside the family home. Above the caption of the comic is the words, "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray thee…
The American Issue, October 10, 1913
A mom and her daughter are walking on the street in front of a saloon where men in the saloon leer at the two. The mother is shielding her daughter from even looking at at saloon by putting her hand in front of the daughter's face. The caption on top…
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…
The American Issue, November 7, 1913
The comic is of an American flag being flown above many alcoholic exhausts which tarnish the flag. Staining the flag with alcoholic desire instead of the glory it used to have.
The American Issue, November 29, 1912
A man is stuck in a ravine and the way out is being blocked by a bartender table. Where he can see the successful path of jobs that do not want alcoholics to work there. To get on track with his life he must give up alcohol and become a productive…
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 4, 1917
The image shows two children holding a sign that reads, "BABY WEEK! EVERY BABY HAS A RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN. ALCOHOL CURES POSTERITIY." . One boy and a girl, and they appear to be were healthy and happy possibly meaning that they could be the ideal…
The American Issue, May 31, 1912.
A newspaper comic displaying the outside of a distillery with a sign on a tall fence with "NO UNION LABOR NEED TO APPLY" written on it.Two union men see this and think of their saloon where the union headquarters are located. Below the picture has…