Get Used to Drinking Water (The New York World, 1920)
One year into "the noble experiment", cartoonist Rollin Kirby (1875 - 1952) penned this editorial gag which clearly indicated that the nation was being lorded-over by a bunch of prudes.
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Prohibition: Triumph of the Prissy (Life, 1919)
In this 1919 cartoon from the old Life Magazine, the cartoonist Paul Beny depicted personal liberty taking it on the chin.
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A Prohibition Cartoon by James Montgommery Flagg (Life, 1922)
James Montgomery Flagg (1877 – 1960) was one of the most celebrated illustrators of this era. He had been a contributing cartoonist for the old "Life" magazine since he was fourteen years old and he, like many of his colleagues, had a grand old time with the subject of Prohibition.
To read a satirical essay written and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg, click here..
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A.D. Walker Prohibition Cartoon (Harper's Magazine, 1922)
A father/son gag cartoon by the seldom remembered cartoonist A.D. Walker of Harper's Magazine. American cartoons drawn prior to the mid-1920s were created in the "he-said-she-said" manner until the cartoonist Peter Arno (1904 - 1968) shook things up a bit and introduced the format we are all familiar with today: one drawing, one caption.
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A Prohibition Cartoon by Art Young (Life, 1922)
Art Young (1866 – 1943) was a cartoonist best remembered for his contributions to the radical magazine "The Masses", however the hypocritical behavior that was widely inspired by that "Noble Experiment", known as Prohibition, no doubt served as the muse for additional cartoons.
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When Alcohol Ads Were on the Extinct Species List (Judge, 1921)
Prohibition was in it's second year when the cartoonist Norman Anthony made this 'he said - she said' gag for a popular American humor magazine.
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