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Professional Women Lecturers
Professional Women Lecturers
Linnie Carl of Portland, Oregon served as the Field Secretary of the Young People’s Branch and as a National Lecturer for the WCTU. Carl was a…
Tags: drama, elocution, lecturer, Linnie Carl, lyceum, oratory, Oregon, public speaking, temperance, theater, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Advertisement for Elocution Schools
Advertisement for Elocution Schools
Enclosed in all of the medal contest reciters were advertisements for elocution schools in the Chicago area. The Columbia College of Expression and…
Tags: chicago, Columbia college, drama, elocution, Illinois, Mary blood, oratory, public speaking, temperance, theater, woman's christian temperance union
Julia Colman
Julia Colman
Julia Colman (1828-1909) was the superintendent of literature for the WCTU from 1875 to 1890, and she also worked with the National Temperance…
Tags: drama, elocution, Julia Colman, lecture, nineteenth century, oratory, public speaking, scientific temperance, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
Lost and Saved
Lost and Saved
With words by poet and songwriter Eben Rexford and music by singer, teacher, and composer T. Martin Towne, Lost and Saved was quite elaborate,…
Tags: cantata, chicago, drama, Illinois, musical, nineteenth century, parlor drama, temperance, theater
George Melville Baker
George Melville Baker
George Melville Baker (1832-1890) was a playwright and publisher based in Boston. He first worked for Lee & Shepard publishers before establishing his…
Tags: Boston, drama, George baker, George melville baker, nineteenth century, parlor drama, parlor guide, playwright, publishing, temperance, theater
"Signing the Pledge" tableau diagram
"Signing the Pledge" tableau diagram
In his popular parlor guide The Sociable, George Arnold included a three-part series of temperance tableaux that contrasts the impact of alcoholism on…
Tags: drama, George Arnold, nineteenth century, parlor drama, parlor guide, tableaux, temperance, the sociable, theater
"Come Home Father"
"Come Home Father"
Illustration from T. S. Arthur's 1854 temperance novel, "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room," which was subsequently adapted into a bestselling play.
Tags: children, drama, illustration, novel, play, T. S. Arthur, temperance, ten nights in a bar-room, theater
Mrs. W. P. Chase, The Crusade Story: A Pageant
Mrs. W. P. Chase, The Crusade Story: A Pageant, National WCTU Publishing House, ca. 1925
This pageant is an adaptation of the story of the Woman’s Crusade as described by Elizabeth Putnam Gordon in Women Torch-Bearers: The Story of the…
Tags: adaptation, drama, nineteenth century, pageant, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's crusade
Lost Museum Archive, Abstinence Pledge
Lost Museum Archive, Abstinence Pledge
A recreation of the temperance pledge that may have been given to audience members at Barnum's American Museum.
Tags: barnum, Barnum's american museum, drama, nineteenth century, P. T. Barnum, temperance, temperance pledge, theater
Lost Museum Archive, "The Drunkard"
Lost Museum Archive, "The Drunkard"
A recreation of a poster for "The Drunkard" at Barnum's American Museum.
Tags: barnum, Barnum's american museum, drama, museum, nineteenth century, P. T. Barnum, play, temperance, the drunkard, theater