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The highway to hell

Quinn, John Philip, 1846-, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · 1895 · Chicago : International Anti-Gambling Assn., 1895. · 25 pictures

An 1895 Chicago temperance-style tract published by the International Anti-Gambling Association, written by John Philip Quinn, aimed at warning readers against betting and gambling in the United States. The pictures are simple black-and-white line engravings with hatched shading on cream paper, showing a horse-racing wheel diagram, a seated man fiddling with his waistcoat, a clock-like dial with a pointer, and three men playing cards at a table under a lamp, offering a designer clear, uncluttered diagrams and period figure poses.

Betting · Gambling · Horse racing · United States

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