In Source C the artist has drawn the picture so that the viewers have a sad feeling for the family and pity on them. This is trying to illustrate an evil of alcohol and try and get the viewer to see that alcohol is a harmful drink for the family. The artist has shown a very extreme situation and tried to gain the support of the public (viewer). This poster is used for the propaganda to gain as much support public support on prohibition as possible.
There are also texts in Source C that are backing up what the picture is trying to illustrate. At the bottom of it there is “Slaves of the Saloon”; as the title “‘The Poor Man’s Club’ the most expensive in the World to belong to”; in the mini clip “The saloon is well named ‘the poor man’s club’ it keeps its members and their families always poor”; and the footnote points out “a club member in good standing ‘paying his dues’”. All these comments are for prohibition.
The bottom one in Source C says “slaves of the saloon”, this aims to let people see the outcome of alcoholism and how it makes its users addicted to the drink so that alcohol becomes a need for them and therefore becoming slaves because they are so helpless. The footnote backs up this point by saying “a club member in good standing ‘paying his dues’”. This is showing that the person is paying for more drink and his payment for the beer is described as hi dues because it is saying that he is bound to have more because it is such a ongoing thing and so common that it has become an custom thing like wages.
Another detail that is in Source C is that the cash machine is extra large to a normal one. This is because the artist wants to show that the bar tender receives a lot of money, resulting in an extra large cash storage machine. This is showing that the barman is very wealthy. Another indication in the picture is that he is very well dressed so this would also show that the alcohol business is very profitable. This is adding to the theme of the picture that business is doing very well and the people using the product is putting a large amount of money towards alcohol.
The other two points in Source C are trying to say about the same point about how the saloon makes the families poor. This is basically saying that users of alcohol are always poor because of how addictive alcohol naturally is. This is saying that you could loose everything by showing in the mini clip that everything is very plain because everything has probably been sold to get more alcohol and all the income that should be spent on everyday family necessities instead of alcohol. The poster was published in 1910 which was before prohibition began so this source was definitely published to try and win a persons pity on the poor family and to vote for prohibition.
On the other source, source D, shows a girl holding a young kids hand. They are standing outside a bar door. They are looking in to the bar which shows they are probably looking in and that they are waiting for something or someone to come out. It say in the title that “Daddy’s in there--” and as the footnote it says “and our shoes and stockings and food are in the saloon too, and they’ll never come out”. This is showing that the children are waiting for their father to come out with his money that he is supposedly on alcohol.
We can assume in Source D, that the father does not literally have all their clothing and food with him but the artist is trying to show that their daddy is using all their money which would have been used to bye them clothes and food. And the last part that says “and they’ll never come out” is saying that their father is stuck in there because he is being held a slave in the saloon because of the addictiveness of the alcohol, therefore not wanting to come out on his own will.
The children in Source D, are forgotten by there father and has gone into the saloon without them and is supposedly not coming out until he has run out of money or just collapsed due to the amounts of alcohol. The children are not well dressed, they are wearing scruffy clothing and their facial expression looks very unhappy and in despair. The sister has her hands in her pocket which adds to the image of them being despair. The picture gives an impression that the children are not wealthy and are in need of money.
The children are also thin especially the sister because it is drawn so that her cheekbones are shown so this is just adding that they are under fed. The sister is also looking after the kid which shows that they are by themselves on the street and are waiting for their father.
This picture in Source D, shows that the children are in need in need of help and the reason apparent I the picture is that there father is in the saloon spending all the wealth of the family. The picture shows that the children are standing outside on the street and I presume are not allowed in so therefore making them helpless because they can not do anything about it and just have to wait for their father to come out on his free will, which is not likely, add to the pity that the viewer has for the children. The way the small kid looks for help from his older sister and she just remains miserable also adds to the pity for the children. This picture was published before prohibition in 1915, was most likely to get a hold of more people to vote for prohibition.
Both these posters are gaining pity from the viewers. There is a large emphasis on how alcohol made consumers poor because of how addictive it was making people want more and more, making it impossible to quit. Both sources where made before prohibition was introduced and was made by the Anti-Saloon League who was for Prohibition, so this means that they were both made to get more people to vote to get prohibition in. In both posters they have pity because they both show people who are helpless and are suffering and indicate that the other is enjoying themselves and have forgotten about the rest of the family. The artists of these two posters are unquestionably trying to make these poster gain popularity for prohibition.
