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Ad thats was using mothers as weapon to gain voters for prohibition before it passed

A couple photos that show one of the most iconic speakeasies of the prohibition era

Picture of a group of people gathered around a sign for prohibition drinking alcohol

A tool kit used during the Civil War for amputation.

Picture that shows what a typical door at a Speakeasy would have looked like in the 1920s

A bottle of Dover's Powder, a combination of opium and Ipecac that was used on soldiers for colds.

This graph shows the alcohol related deaths in cook county as compared to total deaths in the area from 1910-1926

This resource was just used for the picture. This article was when the Major League Baseball was considering adding a DH to both leagues.

Robert Garrett hurling the discus for his winning toss

Thomas Burk getting ready to start one of his championship races

An 1887 advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a cough syrup for babies.

In the picture, early Chinese immigrants make their wages by harvesting sugar cane in large fields by hand and collecting them to make sugar.

An advertisement from 1897 for Bayer pharmaceutical products like Heroin and Aspirin.

An advertisement from 1885 endorsing cocaine drops to alleviate toothaches for children.

Poster that advertises land for sale that was once part of Native reservations.

Men protesting the sale of alcohol in the United States

The history of first Olympic Games, Athens, 1896 - Events and winners

Working class men drinking on the job

Picture of workers enjoying a drink after working in the mines