314 Alcoholism Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

The drinker's progress. He resolves to retrieve his fortune at cards

Stereograph showing three men gambling at cards. 4527E U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1117.

The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness &...

Print shows four scenes of the drunkard's progress: the morning dram (father drinking at 8am, ignoring wife and children), the grog shop (bar room brawls, passed out, vomiting, and drinking customers), the conf... More

If you drink a lot of beer, you drink a lot

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The drunkard's progress / Kelloggs & Thayer, 144 Fulton St. N.Y. ; E.B...

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal act... More

The down hill road - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Print showing "The new year - how they began" and "The old year - how they came out" a series of vignettes depicting a man and a woman, each taking a first drink, until they succomb to alcoholism. The central p... More

Pickets, 15th International Congress against alcoholism

A black and white photo of protest signs in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. ...

Print shows, at center, Henry Ward Beecher with Elizabeth Tilton sitting on his lap as he embraces her, the "Holy Bible" open on her lap. Includes vignettes of the Henry Ward Beecher-Theodore Tilton scandal, in... More

Assommoir by Augustin Daly.. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alcohol is a drug : there are 9,000,000 alcohol addicts in America ...

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective momen...

Motion picture poster for "Absinthe" shows a man seated, with hand on head, at table with three glasses of absinthe. Universal films trademark in lower left corner.

On the Bowery, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Z49607 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The bum drinks the alcohol from the cigar lighter. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti. N.Y." No. 6127. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collect... More

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective momen...

Motion picture poster for "Absinthe" shows a man seated, with hand on head, at table with three glasses of absinthe. Universal films trademark in lower left corner.

The railroad that leads from earth to hell / Andrew B. Graham, Lith. W...

Print shows a drunkard on the "railroad" to ruin which passes the "Devils Office" and the "Bar and Pool Room", a healthy "Tree of Live" over which hovers a "Guardian Angel", followed by a house "For Sale", then... More

A family losing their possessions after the husband turns to drink

Print shows debt collectors, on the left, removing the possessions of a destitute family; the wife/mother and the children are on the right with the husband/father who is sitting before the fireplace, drinking ... More

A desperate case of political dipsomania / Kep.

Print shows a drunken man sitting in a chair with jugs and bottles labeled "Repudiation Gin, Free Silver Rum, Tillman's Firewater, Populist Whiskey, [and] Altgeld's Fizz" on the floor next to the chair, his rum... More

15th International Congress against alcoholism

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fountain, historic landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The drunkards progress. From the first glass to the grave / lith. & pu...

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal act... More

[...] 15th International Congress against alcoholism

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness &...

Print shows four scenes of the drunkard's progress: the morning dram (father drinking at 8am, ignoring wife and children), the grog shop (bar room brawls, passed out, vomiting, and drinking customers), the conf... More

The drunkards progress. From the first glass to the grave / lith. & pu...

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal act... More

It's killing me but I like it - Public domain dedication image

No publication information, possibly a caricature. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The drinker's progress. Gets into trouble

Stereograph showing a studio scene of a policeman intervening in a fight, against a painted backdrop. 4525E U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7.

The drunkard's progress / Kelloggs & Thayer, 144 Fulton St. N.Y. ; E.B...

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal act... More

The drunkard's coat of arms, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a coat of arms devised for a drunkard. A poem, entitled "The Drunkard - display'd" is printed below the image. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

One result of abolishing the canteen / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows an intoxicated African American soldier shooting handguns in a street in front of "The Red Eye Hotel" where another soldier is being thrown out into the street. Caption: Respectfully submitt... More

Pollution - A picture of a bottle of alcohol and cigarettes on a table

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The drunkards progress. From the first glass to the grave / lith. & pu...

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal act... More

The railroad that leads from earth to hell / Andrew B. Graham, Lith. W...

Print shows a drunkard on the "railroad" to ruin which passes the "Devils Office" and the "Bar and Pool Room", a healthy "Tree of Live" over which hovers a "Guardian Angel", followed by a house "For Sale", then... More

15th International Congress against alcoholism

Public domain photograph of group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The typical alcoholic American

Picryl description: Public domain image of composite portrait page, or group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective momen...

Motion picture poster for "Absinthe" shows a man seated, with hand on head, at table with three glasses of absinthe. Universal films trademark in lower left corner.

The tenement - a menace to all / Keppler.

Illustration shows the spirits of alcoholism, opium dens, prostitution, gambling, and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issuing from a tenement house. Caption: Not only an evil in itself, but the v... More

King Alcohol and his Prime Minister

Print shows a man identified as "King Alcohol" and a skeleton representing Death standing on barrels labeled "Strong Beer, Wines, Rum, Gin, Brandies, Whiskies, compounded liquors"; with "social class" and "mode... More

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