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"Opportunity Meets Responsibility"
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Decorations in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Monroe where the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League met for its annual convention in 1901. A portrait of national temperance leader Frances Willard, who was raised in Janesville, can be seen on an easel near the front.
July 1901
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Temperance Group at Willard School
July 17, 1909
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 reads "Saloons Must Go."
WCTU Float
July 11, 1941
Float of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in a Milwaukee parade.
Loyal Temperance League Group
A group of Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League children and their teacher. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union that focused on the education of young children, and the Wis...
Temperance Procession
July 1892
Procession of children and adults at the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union dedicated to the tempe...
Loyal Temperance Legion Parade at Delavan
July 1892
Parade of men, women, and young people attending the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance Union at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union that focus...
African American Temperance Group
Group portrait of a Loyal Temperance League organization largely comprised of African American women and children.
