| "I've convicted (of obscenity) enough persons to fill a passenger train of 61 coaches-- 60 coaches containing 60 passengers and the 61st not quite full." --Anthony Comstock The Comstock Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1873, and it gave Anthony Comstock far-reaching power to define and seize articles of obscenity. In the first six months of policing the U.S. Postal Service, Comstock seized: | | 194,000 obscene pictures and photos | | 134,000 pounds of obscene books | | 14,200 stereopticon plates | | 60,300 rubber items | | 5,500 sets of obscene playing cards | | 31,500 boxes of "aphrodisiacs"
| Some information from Sex Lover's Book of Lists by Ron Luis and David Copeland.
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