The Down Hill Road
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Title
The Down Hill Road
Subject
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Description
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 their first drink, until they succumb to alcoholism. The central panel details a young man taking leave of his mother, giving into alcohol, and ending in the grave over which his mother mourns.
Creator
Horace Lorenzo Hastings
Source
Library of Congress Online Catalog (https://lccn.loc.gov/2006678306)
Publisher
H.L. Hastings, Scriptural Tract Repository
Date
1878
Citation
Horace Lorenzo Hastings, “The Down Hill Road,” Digital Exhibits, accessed April 24, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/5575.