This pro-continuance poster from 1928 urges New Zealanders not to confine themselves to a life of alcohol prohibition. The liquor trade's advertising material often portrayed the prohibition movement as a threat to New Zealanders' individual liberties.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: Eph-E-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1928-01 Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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