Black Valley Railroad Broadside

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This broadside from 1863 depicts the evils of drinking alcohol through an extended allegory of the "Black Valley Railroad" and its many stops. It appears to have been reproduced by different groups from the original print by the Massachusetts Temperance Alliance (as per SI: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_557196). This version is hand-colored, contains additional text about the "stops" and costs of alcohol consumption, and was issued by the National Temperance Society in New York.

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