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