An American woman preaching Prohibition to a crowd of well-dressed American citizens. Colour lithograph, 192-.

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[between 1920 and 1929?]
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679907i
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An American woman preaching Prohibition to a crowd of well-dressed American citizens. Colour lithograph, 192-. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Observance and enforcement not repeal": this phrase represents the view of the WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union), in opposition to the AAPA (Association against the Prohibition Amendment) and the WONPR (Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform)--Jack S. Blocker, American temperance movements, Boston 1989, pp. 120-123; Rachel E. Bohlmann, Drunken husbands, drunken state, Ann Arbor 2001, p. 367

Publication/Creation

Evanston, Illinois : National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Publishing House, [between 1920 and 1929?] ([Illinois?] : Pioneer Pub. Co.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in blue and red ; sheet 63.5 x 48 cm

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Prohibition. Observance and enforcement not repeal. Bears logo of printers' union

Reference

Wellcome Collection 679907i

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