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- 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 an arrangement of corn, peaches, grapes, and barley. "Nature is Against Prohibition. The "Kindly Fruits' are given to man to preserve and use as best he can. "Preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth so that in due time we may enjoy them' - Book of Common Prayer" is printed on the card. Remnants of another color card depicting a woman holding a folding fan are pasted on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from John M. McKerchey to J.L. Hudson, dated April 1, 1908 expression congratulations and offering support for Hudson's campaign against liquor traffic. The letter is on McKerchey's stationery with the letterhead, "John M. McKerchey, Lake Sand and Gravel, Wrecking and Freighting." McKerchey's signature is at the end of the letter.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Single page program for "Entertainment given under the auspices of the Martha Cushing Union, at Bellar's Hall," the evening of July 8, 1890. The program is arranged in two parts. The first consists of speakers, exercise, and song. The second part is a play entitled Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. The cast, lead by John George as Joe Morgan, "a victim to Alcoholism," is listed at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Card printed with, "Musical and Literary Entertainment, Monday Evening, May 11th, '85, by the Detroit Prohibition Club, Admit One. Fraternity Hall."
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- 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 man with a beard and a green suit seated at a table. He holds a glass of beer and a cigar. A hat and newspaper are on the table before him. "Against Prohibition No. 5. Refreshing Beer gives strength and health / And smooths the rugged road to wealth," is printed below. The verso appears to bear an advertisement for George H. Gies' store beneath a layer of backing material glued onto the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Single page program for "Entertainment given under the auspices of the Martha Cushing Union, at Bellar's Hall," the evening of July 8, 1890. The program is arranged in two parts. The first consists of speakers, exercise, and song. The second part is a play entitled Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. The cast, lead by John George as Joe Morgan, "a victim to Alcoholism," is listed at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Fragment of the header of a petition to the Detroit Common Council, urging for the enforcement of existing laws against the sale of liquor on Sunday, and for passage of further laws to close "all saloons, stores, and public places, such as necessity does not require to be kept open," as well. "November 1859," is handwritten across the top. Several spaces for signatures are at the bottom of the fragment.
- Date Issued:
- 1859-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Card printed with, "Musical and Literary Entertainment, Monday Evening, May 11th, '85, by the Detroit Prohibition Club, Admit One. Fraternity Hall."
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
