Part of a series of anti-Prohibition trade cards which bear comical color lithographic prints and rhymes in support of alcohol

Description:

Part of a series of anti-Prohibition trade cards which bear comical color lithographic prints and rhymes in support of alcohol, provided "compliments of George H. Gies, 16 Monroe Avenue, Detroit, Mich.," a wine and liquor vendor, and printed by the Compton Lithograph Company of St. Louis. This card depicts and old man with a beard holding a glass of beer and a pipe, while seated aside a table with a newspaper and spectacles. "Against Prohibition No. 6. In robust age with wealth and friends, / Enjoying Beer, his days he spends," is printed below.

Date Issued:

1883-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Subject Topic:

Temperance Movement and Prohibition

Subject Name:

Gies, George H.

Format:

Card, Trade

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/AA9E76F4-E0DB-47EE-9DB5-343690633270