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 December 23, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/5575.