Temperance Movement Collection

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, 1887. Devils Toboggan Slide. Temperance broadsheet published, 1887, at Kalamazoo, Michigan

Inebriates Express
Poster used by The Temperance Movement to promote sobriety with panels showing aspects of faith, hope, charity, truth and temperance published circa 1870. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

Daddys In There... American cartoon from a broadside published by the Anti-Saloon League, c1917
TEMPERANCE CARTOON, c1917. Daddys In There.... American cartoon from a broadside published by the Anti-Saloon League, c1917, highlighting children as the ultimate victims of alcohol abuse

Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s
" Bringing back the rum, " temperance cartoon showing liquor barrels labeled with forms of death, Salem, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut from an 1830s temperance pamphlet

THE BLOOMER COSTUME: lithograph, 1851, by Nathaniel Currier

The Fruits of Temperance, The Progress of Intemperance, and Womans Holy War
BAL32916 The Fruits of Temperance, The Progress of Intemperance, and Womans Holy War by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850
3478056 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton (1829-1906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

The horrors of drunkenness, 1850
3478059 The horrors of drunkenness, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration by Kenny Meadows (1790-1874) a British caricaturist and illustrator, depicting the horrors of drunkenness

Heroes of Britain in Peace and War, 1850
3478064 Heroes of Britain in Peace and War, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration from Edwin Hodder's Heroes of Britain in Peace and War)

The loveliness of Temperance and the horrors of drunkenness, 1850
3478061 The loveliness of Temperance and the horrors of drunkenness, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration by Kenny Meadows (1790-1874) a British caricaturist and illustrator

Heroes of Britain in Peace and War, 1850
3478063 Heroes of Britain in Peace and War, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration from Edwin Hodder's Heroes of Britain in Peace and War)

The London Temperance League processing through Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1850
3478057 The London Temperance League processing through Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the London Temperance League processing through Lincoln's Inn Fields)

Wilfred Lawson (1829-1906)
863464 Wilfred Lawson (1829-1906); (add.info.: Wilfred Lawson (1829-1906) British Liberal politician and leader of the Temperance movement which opposed the drinking of alcohol

The horrors of drunkenness, 1850
3478060 The horrors of drunkenness, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration by Kenny Meadows (1790-1874) a British caricaturist and illustrator, depicting the horrors of drunkenness

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850
3478047 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton (1829-1906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

A Temperance meeting for children, 1850
3478058 A Temperance meeting for children, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Temperance meeting for children. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The late Rev. Jabez Burns, D.D. 1876. Creator: Unknown
The late Rev. Jabez Burns, D.D. 1876. Portrait of an...active minister of religion, and advocate of the Temperance or Total Abstinence cause...[He] devoted himself to the editorship of

Messieurs...il nous reste un 43me toast à porter à la Société de Temperance!, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Messieurs...il nous reste un 43me toast a porter a la Societe de Temperance!, 1844. Gentlemen...we still have a 43rd toast to make to the Temperance Society!'. From Les Philanthropes du jour

Rev. James Shera Montgomery, Chaplian [sic] of The House... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Rev
Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D.D. Chaplain of The House of Representatives - left of The 2 Ministers in Center; W.T.C.U. Group at Capitol, 1917

Rev. James Shera Montgomery, Chaplian [sic] of The House... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Rev
Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D.D. Chaplain of The House of Representatives - left of The 2 Ministers in Center; W.T.C.U. Group at Capitol, 1917

The wife of Rev. J. W. Early; Lectured and taught school through the south... Tenn. 1907. Creator: Unknown
The wife of Rev. J. W. Early; Lectured and taught school through the south; Has a beautiful home in Nashville, Tenn. 1907

Women's Christian Temperance Union - Mrs. Lillian Stevens And Mrs. Anna Gordon, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Women's Christian Temperance Union - Mrs. Lillian Stevens And Mrs. Anna Gordon, 1911. [American temperance advocates and social reformers: Lillian M. N

Women's Christian Temperance Union - Ellen Stone, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Women's Christian Temperance Union - Ellen Stone, 1911. [The stated purpose of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), founded in 1874

Mr. J.B. Gough - from a daguerreotype by Mayall, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Mr. J.B. Gough - from a daguerreotype by Mayall, 1854. Portrait of American temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough. He is a spare, thin man, with premature age stamped upon his face

American women temperance campaigners attacking a saloon (colour litho)
2782181 American women temperance campaigners attacking a saloon (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

La Croisade Des Femmes Contre L Intemperance Aux Etats-Unis (engraving)
2783410 La Croisade Des Femmes Contre L Intemperance Aux Etats-Unis (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Member of the committee... erects sign on U.S. 99 highway, near Hanford, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Hanford, California. On U.S. 99. A member of the committee from adjoining town erects sign on the highway. [Sign: Abstinence Not Moderation, Will Reduce Accidents. W.C.T.U

Member of the committee... erects sign on the highway, U.S. 99, near Hanford, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Hanford, California. On U.S. 99. A member of the committee from adjoining town erects sign on the highway. [Sign: Abstinence Not Moderation, Will Reduce Accidents. W.C.T.U

Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins, October 30, 1902
Temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins of Centerville, Tennessee. A temperance or abstinence pledge is a commitment to practice abstinence, usually from alcohol

Son and daughter of temperance: E. L. Snow, Social Union, 1850 (colour litho)
AQS331982 Son and daughter of temperance: E.L. Snow, Social Union, 1850 (colour litho) by Currier, Nathaniel (1813-88); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; eCourtesy

Family temperance pledge (coloured engraving)
6032831 Family temperance pledge (coloured engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Family temperance pledge.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

The Father Mathew Centenary (engraving)
1627145 The Father Mathew Centenary (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Father Mathew Centenary)

Father Mathew in London (engraving)
1100666 Father Mathew in London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Father Mathew in London)

Samuel Bowly (President of the "National Temperance League") (engraving)
664049 Samuel Bowly (President of the " National Temperance League" ) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Son of Temperance, litho by N. Currier, pub. 1848 (colour litho)
2646229 Son of Temperance, litho by N. Currier, pub. 1848 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: No Brother shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage)

The Gin Shop Bar (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF208325 The Gin Shop Bar (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Punch cartoon: Barleycorn and Burns - Dawson Burns, English temperance activist (engraving)
6034787 Punch cartoon: Barleycorn and Burns - Dawson Burns, English temperance activist (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Clara Lucas Balfour, English temperance campaigner (engraving)
3638182 Clara Lucas Balfour, English temperance campaigner (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clara Lucas Balfour (1808-1878)

Westons Temperance Walk of 5000 Miles in 100 Days, his Arrival at the Victoria Coffee Hall, Waterloo Road (engraving)
1061515 Westons Temperance Walk of 5000 Miles in 100 Days, his Arrival at the Victoria Coffee Hall, Waterloo Road (engraving) by English School

Punch cartoon: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, English radical Liberal politician and temperance campaigner (engraving)
6034922 Punch cartoon: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, English radical Liberal politician and temperance campaigner (engraving) by Sambourne

The Temperance Movement (engraving)
587531 The Temperance Movement (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from the Pictorial Times (published in 1845)

Son and Daughter of Temperance, litho by N. Currier, pub. 1850 (colour litho)
2646228 Son and Daughter of Temperance, litho by N. Currier, pub. 1850 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Meeting schedule sheet for the Maidstone Band of Hope, 1860s (litho)
3639409 Meeting schedule sheet for the Maidstone Band of Hope, 1860s (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Meeting schedule sheet for the Maidstone Band of Hope)

Rechabite: Temperance, Fortitude, and Justice, 1849 (colour litho)
AQS331981 Rechabite: Temperance, Fortitude, and Justice, 1849 (colour litho) by Currier, Nathaniel (1813-88); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sir Wilfrid Lawson (President of the "United Kingdom Alliance") (engraving)
664050 Sir Wilfrid Lawson (President of the " United Kingdom Alliance" ) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Joseph Livesey (the Pioneer of the Temperance Movement) (engraving)
664051 Joseph Livesey (the Pioneer of the Temperance Movement) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Livesey (the Pioneer of the Temperance Movement)

The Opening of the Mathew and City of London Temperance Tower (engraving)
1617447 The Opening of the Mathew and City of London Temperance Tower (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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The temperance movement of 1887 in Kalamazoo, Michigan was a powerful force that aimed to combat the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. One striking image from this era is the "Devils Toboggan Slide, " a temperance broadsheet published in the same year. This vivid illustration depicted the downward spiral individuals faced when succumbing to alcoholism. Another poignant portrayal came in the form of an American cartoon by the Anti-Saloon League in 1917. Titled "Daddy's In There, " it emphasized how children were often left as victims of their parents' alcohol abuse, highlighting the urgent need for change. Even earlier, during the 1830s, Deacon Giles's Distillery became a target for temperance activists through clever cartoons and satire. These illustrations aimed to expose and condemn such establishments for fueling intemperance within society. In addition to visual representations, various forms of media played significant roles in promoting temperance ideals. For instance, lithographs like Nathaniel Currier's "THE BLOOMER COSTUME" from 1851 showcased women dressed modestly and actively engaged in advocating for sobriety. Women also played instrumental roles as campaigners against intemperance. A colorful lithograph captured American women attacking a saloon during one such campaign – an empowering display of unity against alcohol's destructive influence. The fight against intemperance extended beyond national borders as well. An engraving titled "La Croisade Des Femmes Contre L Intemperance Aux Etats-Unis" highlighted international efforts by women crusading against excessive drinking. One notable example demonstrating individual commitment occurred on U. S. Highway 99 near Hanford, California in 1939. Dorothea Lange captured an image showing a member of a committee erecting signs denouncing alcohol along this major roadway – symbolizing their determination to spread awareness and promote abstinence.