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"Too Many Holes to Watch," 1923
A New York Times cartoonist's verdict on the whole enforcement project.
What
An Edwin Marcus editorial cartoon for the New York Times, skewering the federal government's ability to police the Canadian border against bootleggers.
Why
The Dry Years' honesty runs both directions — the era produced its own contemporary skeptics, and this is one, in ink.
Notice
The cartoon logic — enforcement as a leaking sieve — visualized three years before Repeal was even a live political idea.
“The joke was on the law, and everyone already knew it.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
The Lost — mark extinguished- Artist
- Edwin Marcus
- Country
- United States
- Format
- Other
- Piece published
- Too Many Holes to Watch — editorial cartoon, The New York Times, 1923
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-16.
This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.
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The Lost — mark extinguishedConfiscated Still, 1922
Confiscated still — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedLiquor Raid, 1922
Liquor raid — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedDestroying Liquor, 1923
Destroying liquor — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedE. C. Yellowly, Chief of General Prohibition Agents, 1925
E.C. Yellowly, Chief of gen. prohibition agents — National Photo Company press photograph
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