File:DemonRumLeadsToHeroin.jpg

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Editorial cartoon showing Uncle Sam bothered by Demon Rum MD. and seven monsters of drug addition which follow him. 1919.

Figures in drawing: Uncle Sam (seated), labeled demons DEMON RUM MD., LAUDANUM, OPIUM, COCAINE, HASHISH, HEROIN, ETHER, CHLORAL.

Caption below: "And the last state of that man is worse than the first" (from Matthew 12:43-45, KJV)

Images of the original pencil-and-ink sketch can be found here (in smaller size, without caption).
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Source Scanned by Infrogmation from copy of June 26 1919 "Life" magazine
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Oliver Herford  (1863–1935)  wikidata:Q7087594 s:en:Author:Oliver Herford q:en:Oliver Herford
 
Oliver Herford
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O. Herford / Olivier Herford
Description American-British writer, illustrator, poet and humorist
Date of birth/death 1 December 1863 Edit this at Wikidata 5 July 1935 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sheffield Manhattan
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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