Woman's crusade against intemperance. Pleading with a saloonkeeper – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Woman's crusade against intemperance. Pleading with a saloonkeeper, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This wood engraving, printed in Harper's Weekly on March 14, 1874, shows a woman pleading with a saloonkeeper across his bar. It belongs to the Women's Crusade of 1873 and 1874, when women in Ohio and nearby states gathered outside saloons to pray, sing, and urge owners to close. The movement drew national press attention and helped lead to the founding of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union later in 1874. The caption tags, including women in politics, show how the campaign pushed women into public debate.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 18, (1874 March 14), p. 237. Ref. copy in 4441. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Saloons; Temperance; Woman-In politics; shelf.; Saloons; Women--in Politics; Temperence. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,248 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136214 |
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