prohibition

The great Republican reform party.

Presidential campaign of 1856. John C. Fremont, Republican candidate running on a "Free-soil" platform was defeated by James Buchanan the Democratic candidate. In this cartoon, Fremont is approached by 6 "would... More

Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 08, 1864 (Order con...

Nykterhetsorganisationer. Kvinnornas demonstration för spritförbud.

Nykterhetsorganisationer. Kvinnornas demonstration för spritförbud. Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Nykterhetsorganisationer. Kvinnornas demonstration för spritförbud.

Nykterhetsorganisationer. Kvinnornas demonstration för spritförbud. Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The pride of Iowa -- cold water and Wheeler -- 'till death

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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The pride of Iowa -- cold water and Wheeler -- 'till death

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

"Solid South" tiger standing over "the spoils" dead deer while "mugwum...

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

St. Louis Exposition 1882, grand commercial race free to all

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Gast (A.J.G?.) & Co., printer. Category designatio... More

Little but ambitious party: if they had only let him alone, I would ha...

"Legislature, Albany" on sign; "prohibition" on sword; man in chains possibly James Blaine; Cf. CA1-A-Rogers 8. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Co... More

St. Louis Exposition 1882, grand commercial race free to all

11298 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Gast (A.J.S?.) & Co.,... More

National Prohibition Convention, 1892

Copyright by Barnum & Cumback, Indianapolis, Indiana. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indiana Indianapolis; Conventions 1892; Photog. Index; Prohibition; Shelf.

Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.

Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad", "Populism", "Prohibition Foolishness", "Women's Rights Nonsense", an... More

Uncle Sam's "crazes" past and present / F. Opper.

Print shows a vignette cartoon depicting the current "craze" for "Free Silver", showing Uncle Sam riding a silver rocking horse, and participating in several fads "Past and Present", such as the "Blue Glass Cra... More

National Prohibition Park, Westerleigh, borough of Richmond, Staten Is...

Aerial view to horizon. Existing buildings and residences shown pictorially. Relief shown by landform drawings. Contains cadastral map of National Prohibition Park residential subdivision showing new streets, t... More

Photograph of Prohibition Agents Destroying a Bar - Bureau of Indian A...

Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times

New prohibition law asked for Alaska. Washington D.C. Consumption of l...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pressing apples for hard cider, Hampton National Historic Site, 1900.

Approximate date of photo: this photo is believed to be workers harvesting and pressing apples to make juice, ca 1900. The primary reason to turn apples into hard cider is that hard cider stores much longer wit... More

Said prohibition Maine to prohibition Georgia: "Here's looking at you"...

Illustration shows two men, one labeled "Georgia" and the other labeled "Maine", both are holding bottles, one labeled "Orange Phosphate" and the other labeled "Cold Tea" which contain alcohol; their pockets ar... More

Puck magazine cover - "Marching through Georgia" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a group of men and women marching under such banners as "The Lips That Touch Corn Likker Shall Never Touch Ourn", "W.C.T.U.", and "Carrie Nation Cadets", with one man carrying a small barrel ... More

"Prohibition" - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truck loads of beer enroute to Chicago, which were waylaid and capture...

Six men holding bottles of beer. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Copyright by Press Illustrating Service, New York.

The closed canteen and the open dive / Keppler.

Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Prohibition" and holding an umbrella labeled "Intolerance", standing between two sluices that power waterwheels; she is holding a board in the shape of the U.S. Capitol ... More

[Golden Jubilee and fifteenth annual convention, the Anti-Saloon Leagu...

J187828 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Cleveland, O. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Image duplicates LOT 5599, panorama no. 2, title information varies. Copyright deposit; Th... More

Nykterhetsorganisationer. Örebro Slott, inre borggården. Kvinnornas de...

Nykterhetsorganisationer. Örebro Slott, inre borggården. Kvinnornas demonstration för spritförbud.

Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, Ri...

On front: "By Thomas Sparrow, Panoramic Photographer, 7903 Decker Ave., Cleveland, O., for W. W. Foster, Richmond, Va." Gift; Ed J. Richardson; October 26, 1951.

No beer, no work - Public domain World War One sheet music

Sam Marley. (statement of responsibility) Lyrics only. Manuscript in ink. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

The kidnappers / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the "G.O.P."); around this image are vignette scenes showi... More

Must these go down to a drunkard's grave in order that we the streets ...

Prohibition poster showing boy holding bat and ball, with saloons in foreground. Series G. No. 22.

He wants the revenue--Is the game worth the bait? Z.(?) Deball

Prohibition poster showing man holding boy on fishhook in front of alligator's mouth, "Saloon for the revenue."

The genii of intolerance A dangerous ally for the cause of women suffr...

Cartoon showing a genii "Prohibition" rising from a bottle labeled "Injustice Intolera[nce] Hypocr[isy]" tearing at a woman's banner reading "Votes for Women" as the woman flees from his clutches.

Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Proh...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Elsie Hill, standing in the back seat of an automobile that is parked at curb, speaking to a crowd of people (mostly men} standing on a sidewalk, on a street ... More

Putting Indiana in the country's "dry" column

Governor James P. Goodrich of Indiana, surrounded by prominent "dry" workers, signing the state-wide prohibition bill to take effect April 2, 1918. Central News Photo Service photo. National Photo Company Colle... More

In war or peace which needs it most? For the money represented by thre...

Prohibition poster depicting pay envelope, saloon keeper, and home maker, showing list of groceries that could be purchased with the money used for drinks. Series G. No. 1.

Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Untitled - Drawing. Public domain image.

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Conference, World Wide Prohibition, Columbus, O., Nov. 19th-2...

Gift; Ed J. Richardson; October 26, 1951. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Man may possibly be African American. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Ge... More

Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Whiskey - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a box on his head. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Across! / Orr. - An open book with a drawing of a man sitting on a ben...

An old woman "Eliza Prohibition", carrying a baby "Constitutional Amendment", hops across ice floes labeled after U.S. states towards solid ground "Ratification"; in the background three dogs "brewer", "distill... More

Amer. Fed. of Labor, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919

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Amer. Fed. Labor, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919

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[Interior of a crowded bar moments before midnight, June 30, 1919, whe...

International Newsphotograph. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Amer. Fed. of Labor Prohibition Demonstration, June 14, 1919

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a crowd. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The sacred cider grove] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon of a gentleman on horseback at the gate of an apple orchard, talking and laughing with an old, bearded laborer. No copyright information found with item. Published caption reads: "Are those good eating ... More

Amer. Fed. of Labor, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919

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[Woman seated at a soda fountain table is pouring alcohol into a cup f...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whiskey cases on beach, Bimini, Bahamas

Photograph shows hundreds of cases of "Maryland Whiskey" stacked on the beach, possibly Bimini, Bahamas, probably during prohibition. Title and digital scan supplied by donor. Forms part of: Albert M. Price Pan... More

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

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Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Caption from caption list: Chemist G. F. Beyer of the Internal Revenue... More

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

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Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Activities on the Internal Revenue Bureau to enforce pr... More

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Chemist G. G. Beyer, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, ma... More

Prohibition Unit (Cow Shoes), 6/28/24

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A Pair of "bootlegs" found in the office of Lincoln C. Andrews?

Miss Hattie Klawans, clerk in the office of the prohibition czar, wearing her new Russian boots. National Photo Company Collection.

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

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Telling the corpse he's dead / Dennis McCarthy.

An old man wearing a top hat "Prohibition", reads a broadsheet "Supreme Court Decision" while standing before a tombstone covered with cobwebs; the Supreme Court ruled against a New Jersey state law legalizing ... More

[Cases of confiscated(?) liquor stacked in corner of room with barred ...

National Photo Co. Collection.

[Two men standing outdoors with small still, one of them holding up bo...

National Photo Co. Collection. No. 3235.

Masked criminal at the grave of John Barleycorn

Holding a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, the criminal shoots at a fleeing pilgrim. He stands next to Barleycorn's tombstone embellished with skull and cross bones. Inscribed on the tombstone: Hic Ja... More

[Cases of whiskey confiscated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau]

[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watchi...

Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug. Photo was marked with a grease pencil during editing for publication. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Co... More

Zion City, Ill., destroys 80,000 pint bottles of beer

W. Hurd Clendinen (or Clendenin?), mayor of Zion City, pouring away two bottles of beer.

[African American man carrying a case of "Four Roses" whiskey on his s...

National Photo Co., no. 4502. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Zion City, Ill., destroys 80,000 pint bottles of beer

Mrs. Graze Knippen of Zion City holding up bottle of beer as she helps get rid of the beer. National Photo Co. Collection. Copyrighted by Press Illustrating Service, N.Y.

[Barrels of confiscated(?) liquor in building]

National Photo Company Collection.

Anti Prohibition group, 1/21/24

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bottles and barrel of confiscated whiskey]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two men of the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau(?) carrying packages of c...

No. 4501. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Men standing in warehouse with cases of confiscated(?) liquor]

National Photo Co. Collection. No. 4501.

The "Hooch hound" in action, National Photo Company, Washington DC

Man seated on pier, with pipe in his mouth, fishing on the Potomac River, as dog trained to detect liquor takes a bottle from his back pocket. National Photo Company Collection. No. 17650.

The Largest still in captivity, National Photo Company, Washington DC

Lt. O.T. Davis, Sergt. J.D. McQuade, George Fowler of Internal Revenue Service and H.G. Bauer with the largest still ever taken in the national capitol and bottles of liquor. National Photo Company Collection. No. 21285.

[Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissi...

No. 17649. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Governors and Cabinet officers on steps of White House with Pres. Hard...

Public domain photograph of White House, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[...] to the Internat'l convention held in [Canada?] Left to right: Dr...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Policeman standing alongside wrecked car and cases of moonshine]

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[Woman putting flask in her Russian boot, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ......

National Photo Company Collection. No. 18491. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Com... More

Prohibition Vote, 2/3/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Ruben B. Sams, New Provincial Prohibition Chief of Eastern Pennsylvani...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prohibition officers raiding the lunch room of 922 Pennsylvania Ave., ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Test vote on prohibition taken in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 1923]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

[Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Girls counting prohibition vote taken by National Liberal Alliance, W...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

A Consignment recently received from Philadelphia., Pennsylvania 749 c...

Nine men smashing bottles in dump. Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prohibition Unit (Cow Shoes), 6/28/24

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Remains of a borrowed Stutz touring car after running into a tree at s...

No. 31605. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Putting a kick in the staid old Schuylkill here go a few barrels of be...

Photograph shows Public Safety Director, Smedley D. "Duckboards" Butler, destroying kegs of beer with an axe.

One of the runsic runners of the night and its nemesis

Photograph shows a yacht under sail. J267963 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph from NEA Service Inc.

W.A. Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector, 9/5/25

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tourists in photo booth during prohibition - Miami Beach

: 166067 ( http://166067 ) ...Local call number: Pr24550...Title: Tourists in photo booth during prohibition - Miami Beach ...Date: February 19, 1925...Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 14 x 9 cm....Series... More

State directors & division chiefs of prohibition, 8/18/25

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W.A. Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector, [9/25/25]

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Prohibition chiefs testify before Ways and Means Committee of the Hous...

Asst. Secretary of the Treasury and prohibition czar Lincoln C. Andrews and the Commissioner of Prohibition, Roy C. Haynes outside of the House of Representatives. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

E.C. Yellowly, Chief of general prohibition agents, 8/18/25

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Women from New Jersey at Capitol to prohibition hearing, 4/12/26

A group of women holding signs in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delegation of Maryland women at Capitol on prohibition hearing

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[Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia, a leader of the drys, st...

The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed in the 1850s. Th... More