This postcard features a quote from Indiana Governor J. Frank Hanley along with illustrations of the effects of alcohol abuse.
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The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
"Why I Hate the Liquor Traffic" Postcard
- ca. 1918
Description
Transcript
WHY I HATE THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
I hate the Liquor Traffic for the almshouses it peoples – for the prisons it fills – for the insanity it causes – for its countless graves in potters fields. I hate it for the grief it causes womankind, and for the shadow it throws upon the lives of children – its monstrous injustice to blameless little ones.
– J. Frank Hanley
(Governor of Indiana)
[bottom left]
With a pen by J.O. Hulbert, Glastonbury, Ct.
[top left] Post Card
[top right] Place One Cent Stamp Here.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.
National Archives Identifier: 16764510
Full Citation: Why I Hate the Liquor Traffic Postcard; ca. 1918 ; (HR65A-H8.11); Petitions and Memorials, 1813 – 1968; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/hate-liquor-traffic/, January 30, 2026]
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