URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/39094
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Shall prohibition shackle our city? "The social customs of New York City, including what we shall eat and what we shall drink, are for New York City alone to decide. By consenting to the nullification of the Fifteenth Amendment at the hands of law-making bodies in the South, Washington has established the precedent that it will not coerce a community that is bent on self-determination. Therefore, be it resolved that the New York police force be the nucleus of a volunteer municipal militia ..."
Item Title Shall prohibition shackle our city? "The social customs of New York City, including what we shall eat and what we shall drink, are for New York City alone to decide. By consenting to the nullification of the Fifteenth Amendment at the hands of law-making bodies in the South, Washington has established the precedent that it will not coerce a community that is bent on self-determination. Therefore, be it resolved that the New York police force be the nucleus of a volunteer municipal militia ..."
Collection Title Poster collection
Artist Caswell, Edward J.
Date Created 1919
Description Drawing of the Statue of Liberty with ball and chain. (Poster is torn and top 2/3 of drawing is gone).
Subject(s) Liquor laws Police New York (N.Y.) Auxiliary police Alcohol United States Law and legislation Prohibition Ordinances, local laws, etc.
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 5564
Record Number XX343.29470
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.