Date: | 08 24 1934 |
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Description: | Portrait of Margaret Phillips, secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, seamstress, writer, and a Madison activist. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Three men in long coats and hats are standing outdoors and staging an elaborate temperance portrait, which includes jugs and an artificial human skull. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Exterior view of Temperance Hall and Temperance House, both built in the 1840's. |
Date: | 10 03 1944 |
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Description: | Kathryn Piper, widow of Frank Piper and president of the Madison chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 12 years prior to 1941, is ob... |
Date: | 1964 |
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Description: | Fundraising booth of the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair. At that booth one could purchase soft drinks, milk, and "fir... |
Date: | 04 1932 |
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Description: | "Here's to Health!", an advertisement for the alcohol-free beer brewed by Schlitz during Prohibition. The advertising touts the product's healthful qualiti... |
Date: | 07 17 1909 |
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Description: | Field trip to Emma Willard's home near Janesville by the 18th annual convention of the Loyal Temperance League of Wisconsin. The sign on one of the wagons... |
Date: | 05 07 1927 |
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Description: | At a convention of the Fond du Lac County chapters of the Loyal Temperance League, some of the children present for a group picture hold up a sign that say... |
Date: | 07 11 1941 |
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Description: | Float of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in a Milwaukee parade. |
Date: | 07 1901 |
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Description: | Decorations in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Monroe where the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League met for its annual convention in 1901. A portrait of n... |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | A worn, painted wooden sign reads: "Temperance House by J. Child 1852." It was "at Lima Center, the first house south of the cemetery on the main road bet... |
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. |
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) |
Read about the brewing industry, the temperance movement, and the effects of prohibition in Wisconsin. |
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