Tree of Temperance,1855,Temperance Movement,Evils of Alcohol,Vice Crime,Immoral

Title: Tree of intemperance / [Archibald] Macbrairs, lith.
Creator(s): Macbrair, Archibald, lithographer
Date Created/Published: [Cincinnati : published by A.D. Fillmore], c1855.
Summary: issued by A. D. Fillmore in 1855 expounding on the benefits of temperance and the evils of drink. In the center grows a gnarled tree whose roots are schnappes, whiskey, wine, beer, and other spirits. Around its trunk winds a giant serpent with an apple in its mouth and a mug of beer on its head. 'Diseases Corporeal,' 'Ignorance,' 'Vice,' 'Crime,' and 'Immorality.' These in turn divide into smaller branches representing a plethora of social and moral evils, such as wars, drunkenness, anarchy, counterfeiting, dueling, and 'Breach of the Peace.' Below, on the left is a procession of prohibition men, holding banners reading 'Hurrah! for the Maine Law' and 'All together.' (The Maine Liquor Law of 1851 was a landmark in the history of prohibition and was widely adopted in other states.) states of inebriation and despondency.>Though unsigned, the print was probably printed by Archibald MacBrair 'Tree of Intemperance,' which bears this lithographer's imprint.
'Entered ... 1855 by A.D. Fillmore ... Ohio.'
The Library's impression was deposited for copyright on January 25, 1855.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1855-3.
Subjects:
Temperance movement.
Maine, temperance laws in.
Lithographs--1850-1860
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