Australia never enacted inhibition laws at the state or local layer , but temperance organizationsflourished across the res publica . These studio photographs — depicting five stages of inebriation — were take in the 1860s , and were in all likelihood commissioned for educational purpose . They ’re hilarious .
Today , it ’s like looking at Reefer Madness in still life . ( And , is it just me , or does “ Stage Three ” come along to be zombification ? )
[ ViaRetronautandState Library of New South Wales ]
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