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- Tags: nineteenth century
"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
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
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
Benjamin Ward Richardson, Dialogues on Drink
Benjamin Ward Richardson, Dialogues on Drink, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1882
Benjamin Ward Richardson was a British physician who advocated total abstinence from alcohol. He was also a prolific writer of biographies, plays,…
Tags: Benjamin ward richardson, Britain, dialogues, elocution, Frances Willard, medicine, nineteenth century, scientific temperance, scotland, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
Elocution Lessons By Mail
Elocution Lessons By Mail
Enclosed in all of the medal contest reciters were advertisements for correspondence courses in elocution taught by women from small towns in…
Tags: advertisement, correspondence course, elocution, Illinois, nineteenth century, oratory, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
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
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
Julia Colman, Juvenile Temperance Manual
Julia Colman, Juvenile Temperance Manual, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1878
The Juvenile Temperance Manual is a guidebook for adults seeking to provide temperance instruction for children in day schools, Sunday schools, and…
Tags: band of hope, children, drama, elocution, Julia Colman, loyal temperance legion, nineteenth century, scientific temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, youth group
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
Oratorical Contest Medals
Oratorical Contest Medals, 1921
The WCTU’s annual catalog featured images of medals that could be ordered and distributed to winners of oratorical contests. The medals came in…
Tags: contest, elocution, medals, nineteenth century, oratory, prohibition, public speaking, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history