“INTEMPERANCE IS THE CURSE OF THE WORLD [AND] THE BANE OF SOCIETY” – Two different, detailed and postally-used propaganda envelopes illustrating the horrors of drunkenness and the virtues of sobriety
One “published and sold by George D. Jewett”, the other by “Wm. C. Hale”, both of Hartford, Connecticut: 1853. Envelope or Cover. Both envelopes are postally used and measure approximately 5” x 3”. One features five morose workmen passing a bottle within a scroll that reads “Intemperance is..... More