Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U) Temple. The temple is a simple building with a tower with a weather vane above the main e... |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | Card from Madison Dry League pledging support to those who seek to eliminate saloons in the city of Madison. The organization's slogan was, "A happy, sober... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The label features an image of a crane and an eagle. Bevo was a non-alcoholic drink p... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | A cartoon drawing of the statue of liberty with her hands in the air and her torch falling towards the ground. Below her are six men pointing guns at her.... |
Poet and Temperance Advocate |
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Biography of Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. |
Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
Brief history of the temperance movement in Wisconsin. |
A Popular Speaker Sways Opinion |
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Discover the connection between P.T. Barnum and the 1853 statewide referendum on liquor sales. |
A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman |
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Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Case of soda pop bottles shipped by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wisconsin during prohibition, 1920-1933. (Museum object #1994.77.1) |
Temperance, Abolition and Utopian Communities |
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Discovery how early Americans founded the abolition and temperance movements to help increase morality |
Read about the brewing industry, the temperance movement, and the effects of prohibition in Wisconsin. |
Date: | 09 19 1860 |
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Description: | Front page of The Wisconsin Chief. |
Date: | 09 13 1957 |
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Description: | The national Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) holds their annual convention at the Hotel Loraine. Mrs. Fred J. Tooze (of Portland, Oregon), WCTU n... |
Date: | 11 01 1924 |
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Description: | A prescription for alcohol written out to Mrs. Anna Steinberg of Kenosha, Wisconsin to treat her bronchitis. |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance. |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | A colorful certificate that acknowledges the membership of Willie Diederich of Waukesha, Wisconsin into Band of Hope, a temperance organization. |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | A certificate declaring the admission of U. P. Olin into the Independent Order of Good Templars. |
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Description: | View of (Carry) Carrie Nation speaking from a stage surrounded by a crowd at a county fair. |
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