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Anti USA-prohibition poster
This pro-continuance poster from the 1920s shows a New Zealand soldier kicking an old man representing Uncle Sam back across the sea from New Zealand to North America. It urges New Zealanders not to follow the United States in banning alcohol and claims prohibition there has caused more harm than good. The 'Continuance Party', well funded by the liquor trade, spent heavily on advertising material in the lead-up to national referendums, especially in the 1920s.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-D-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1920s-01
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its 'Timeframes' website, http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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