Description: Large group of men and several women gathered outside of Family Groceries in Waynesville, Ohio, during the Women's Temperance Crusade of 1873-1874. The women were protesting the sale of alcoholic beverages. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1337_001_01
Subjects: Women social reformers - Ohio; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Demonstrations
Places: Waynesville (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio);
 

Description: Men and women gathered outside a store in Waynesville, Ohio, ca. 1873-1874. Signs indicate that the store housed a grocery and saloon. The women were participating in the Women's Temperance Crusade and protesting the sale of alcoholic beverages. The men may have gathered to support or ridicule their efforts. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1337_002
Subjects: Demonstrations; Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Women social reformers - Ohio; Activists
Places: Waynesville (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing women of the Women's Christian Temperance Union outside a saloon in Hillsboro, Ohio. The sign on the building reads "J.W. Bales Dealer in Pure Wines and Liquors." The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1493_002_01
Subjects: Women social reformers - Ohio; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Demonstrations
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a crowd gathered outside Wholesale Liquor & Tobacco as a group of women protest for the Temperance movement. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1102_001_01
Subjects: Women social reformers - Ohio; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Demonstrations
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Group of female Temperance Crusaders (and one man at center) dumping over barrels of liquor or beer. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1102_002
Subjects: Women social reformers - Ohio; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Demonstrations
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A large group of women and some men gathered outside of Family Groceries in Waynesville, Ohio, during the Women's Temperance Crusade of 1873-1874. The women were protesting the sale of alcoholic beverages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01159
Subjects: Demonstrations; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages;
Places: Waynesville (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio);
 

Description: Temperance poster with the slogan, "'Intoxicating Drink,' The Devil's Crowbar Smashes Up Happy Home Life. Drinker Beware!" Posters like these were used during the Temperance movement, an organized effort during the 19th and early 20th centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7033
Subjects: Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Prohibition; Social movements;
 

Description: Temperance poster with the slogan, 'The Children's Horror, "Daddy" Coming Home Drunk." Posters like these were used during the Temperance movement, an organized effort during the 19th and early 20th centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7034
Subjects: Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Prohibition; Social movements;
 

Description: Broadside titled 'Devil's Toboggan Slide' depicting the evils of alcohol, published by the National Temperance Society. The illustration depicts a young man progressively sliding to a "drunkard's grave" through the use of cider, beer, wine and whiskey. The stages he descends through begin at a "popular hotel or drug store, " then to "saloons, " "doggery , " "gambling hell" and "corruption" to a "drunkard's grave" and death. The National Temperance Society and Publication House operated from 1865 until 1915, and published a huge variety of material in support of the Temperance movement--many materials with a religious slant. Temperance was an organized effort during the 19th and early 20th centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States, eventually resulting in the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution which went into effect in 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5786_01
Subjects: Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Prohibition; Social movements
 

Description: Broadside titled 'Boys, Don't Drink,' with an essay and poem urging young men not to drink alcohol or visit saloons, published by the National Temperance Society. The National Temperance Society and Publication House operated from 1865 until 1915, and published a huge variety of material in support of the Temperance movement--many materials with a religious slant. Temperance was an organized effort during the 19th and early 20th centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States, eventually resulting in the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution which went into effect in 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5786_02
Subjects: Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Prohibition; Social movements
 

Description: Broadside titled 'How to Save Our Boys' depicting the evils of saloons and alcohol, published by the National Temperance Society. It presents a conversation between a mother and father whose son is addicted to alcohol, and carries the message "The Saloon Must Go or Our Boys Will Be Ruined. Vote Against the Saloon." At the top are two illustrations, one showing the son reading the NTS publication "The Youth's Temperance Banner, " the other showing the son drunk at a saloon. The National Temperance Society and Publication House operated from 1865 until 1915, and published a huge variety of material in support of the Temperance movement--many materials with a religious slant. Temperance was an organized effort during the 19th and early 20th centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States, eventually resulting in the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution which went into effect in 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5786_03
Subjects: Temperance--History; Alcoholic beverages; Prohibition; Social movements
 

Description: Photograph showing Temperance workers in the State Women's Christian Temperance Union Headquarters in Seattle, Washington, 1914. The eight women are posed with signs, posters and pennants in favor of the Temperance and Prohibition movements. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07629
Subjects: Prohibition; Temperance--United States; Alcoholic beverages; Social movements; Anti-Saloon League
Places: Seattle (Washington)