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: This triangular temperance pennant dates from 1900-1920. The white felt pennant has blue print that reads "The Liquor Traffic Must Go." There are four white felt ribbons at the top and bottom of the wide end of the pennant. The dimensions are 56 cm by 17 cm. This flag has not been cataloged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H52384_001
Subjects: Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Pennant; Prohibition
 

Description: This stereograph shows women protesting the sale of alcohol in front of the J. Rogers saloon on Ward's Block in Mount Vernon, Ohio, as part of the Temperance Movement. In February, 1874, temperance protesters prompted twenty-three out thirty-two saloons in Mount Vernon shut down after twelve days of protests. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07627
Subjects: Alcohol; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Temperance--History; Prohibition
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio)