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English: Seal of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, founded in 1873. On the left, the purveyor of obscenity is being thrust into a cell; while on the right a Christian layman consigns infamous volumes to the flames.
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Source Public-domain image due to age, extracted from https://omnigraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/shopp_files/0814424-SP.pdf. Ultimately sourced from https://www.granger.com/results.asp?image=0059533.
Author New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
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* 12:34, 2 February 2006 [[:en:User:Apeloverage|Apeloverage]] 300×301 (17,396 bytes) <span class="comment">(Public-domain image due to age, found at http://www.drugwar.com/inquisition.shtm)</span>

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