Content: Printed on border: "Cold water! Cold water! The great and bounteous giver bestows it free as air we breathe, in lake and pond and river. 'Tis gushing from the fountain, 'tis bubbling from the springs, 'tis leaping down the mountain, and this the song it sings: 'Cold water! Sweet water! The great and bounteous giver bestows it free as air you breathe, in lake and pond and river. Don't mix with me the ruby wine that sparkles in the glass, it dazzles but to steal your brain you'll find too late, alas!' " Includes additional text. Brown stains on image.
Source Note: Water lilies. (New York : The National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1877).

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17959657
Barcode: 33333159480520
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65cbb420-c551-012f-cb73-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1877

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The best beverage" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1877. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65cbb420-c551-012f-cb73-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1877). The best beverage Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65cbb420-c551-012f-cb73-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The best beverage" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65cbb420-c551-012f-cb73-58d385a7bc34

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