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[Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support of prohibition; William D. Upshaw, proponent of temperance movement, at right. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Ohio whiskey war - the ladies of Logan singing hymns in front of barrooms in aid of the temperance movement

The Ohio whiskey war - the ladies of Logan singing hymns in front of b...

After a sketch by S.B. Morton. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1874 Feb. 21, p. 392.

Tree of intemperance / [Archibald] Macbrairs, lith.

Tree of intemperance / [Archibald] Macbrairs, lith.

The second of a pair of prints (see "Tree of Temperance," no. 1855-2) issued by A. D. Fillmore in 1855 expounding on the benefits of temperance and the evils of drink. In the center grows a gnarled tree whose r... More

Susan B. Anthony - Public domain portrait print

Susan B. Anthony - Public domain portrait print

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tree of temperance - Print, Library of Congress collection

Tree of temperance - Print, Library of Congress collection

One of a pair of prints (see "Tree of Intemperance," no. 1855-3) issued by A.D. Fillmore in 1855 extolling the social and moral benefits of temperance and condemning the evils of alcohol. In the center of the c... More

Woman's holy war. Grand charge on the enemy's works

Woman's holy war. Grand charge on the enemy's works

The "Holy War" was the nineteenth-century crusade for temperance and prohibition, whose advocates were predominantly clergymen and women. Here a young woman in armor on a black horse leads a group of similarly ... More

The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate

The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate

Fremont is portrayed as the champion of a motley array of radicals and reformers. As he stands patiently at far right he is "called upon" by (left to right): a temperance advocate, a cigar-smoking, trousered su... More

The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate

The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate

Fremont is portrayed as the champion of a motley array of radicals and reformers. As he stands patiently at far right he is "called upon" by (left to right): a temperance advocate, a cigar-smoking, trousered su... More

Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support of prohibition; William D. Upshaw, proponent of temperance movement, at right. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support o...

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Title information from Flickr Commons Project, 2015. Gift; Harris & Ew... More

A 12-foot-high statue of Hebe, the goddess of youth serving nectar and ambrosia, surmounting a fountain in a Roseburg, Oregon, park, was erected in 1908 as a tribute to the then-popular temperance (anti-alcohol) movement

A 12-foot-high statue of Hebe, the goddess of youth serving nectar and...

Just as naysayers had warned, four years later, a team of runaway horses pulling a wagon crashed into the fountain, toppling the statue. The fountain was removed and the statue lost. This replica was mounted an... More