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 a boy wearing a suit and bowler hat, seated at a table with an issue of Scientific American and glass of beer. "Against Prohibition No. 4. The youth from school and study free, / Enjoys his Lager temperately," 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/7BD12E03-415F-46A0-BD38-312498041767