The worsening effect of alcohol on the work of precision manufacturers: histogram. Colour lithograph, ca. 1920.
- Date:
- Reprinted 1930
- Reference:
- 679958i
- Part of:
- Why America went dry.
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About this work
Description
Left, halftone showing a precision manufacturer at the workbench; right, histogram of work done on abstinent and on drinking days
Publication/Creation
Westerville, O[hio], U.S.A. : Published by The American Issue Publishing Company, Reprinted 1930.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in black and red ; sheet 91.7 x 61.3 cm.
Lettering
Alcohol impairs superior skill. Experience says: drink impairs all kinds of highly skilled hard work ... Scientific experiment proved. White column, work done on abstinent days. Black column, work done on drinking days. Prepared and copyrighted 1920 by the Scientific Temperance Federation, Boston, Mass. 1. Uno Totterman, Finska lakares allskapets handlingar, Oct. 1916.
Printed in black and red
Creator/production credits
The Scientific Temperance Foundation was a successor to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, based in Boston, Mass.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 679958i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores