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a funny cartoon drawing by the famous writer William Makepeace Thackeray,  1862?

       

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Franz Von Stuck,  1909?     "Young Bacchus"      see full size

       

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Ronald Searle

       

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"Delightfully smoky aftertaste"    Ronald Searle

       

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Mabel Dwight      see full size

       

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 Walter Schnackenberg

       

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 Heinrich Zille      see full size

       

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1963 Schlitz beer

       

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1832 London statistics for the busiest gin shops on Mondays was
Men 3146,  Women 2189,  Children 686 ... the child customers
for gin were probably sent by adults.

   

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 1832 London statistics for alcohol  "Men not infrequently drink each from
two to three gallons of porter in one day."  (a dark beer)  "... many drugs
are employed to adulterate porter - Quassia,  Copperas,  Gentian,
Capsicum,  Coculus Indicus,  Grains of Paradise, 
Yew Tops and tobacco ..." 
     

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"The Grog Shop"  some 1834 facts of life,  from a children's schoolbook

     

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an article about USA prohibition,  from a 1916 sugar industry
trade publication:  "A large percentage of all intoxicating liquors,
whiskeys, brandies, wines, beers, and ales represent only a chemical
re-arrangement of sugar.  When a drinker stops taking alcoholic
beverages, or even cuts down on them, he must and does 
use more sugar ..."  

     

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an ice holder and a shaker,  1930s?

       

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David Downton

           

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a John Gilbert illustration for Dickens

            

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an Enoch Bolles illustration for Judge magazine,  1922

      

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the "Peacock Lounge"
     
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a local celebration by K. Thylmann,  1916
     
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a Thomas Fluharty illustration

     
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a thirsty hangover by A. Bork      see full size
        
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a Bernie Fuchs illustration
     
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 Max Velthuijs,  1967      see full size
     
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 a John Bauer illustration,  1912? 
    
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cold beer
      
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 four panels by artist Will Elder,  from a monthly Little Annie Fanny story

in 1960s Playboy Magazine

     
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an FJ Garner 1950 illustration

          
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 a Bruno Paul illustration for a German social satire magazine
     
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an Anders Zorn art print:  aged and mellow      see full size
     
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a Guinness advertisement
     
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a Jan Vermeer painting "Officer and Laughing Girl"    around 1657

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"Do thy spiriting gently."   an 1881 cartoon