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Hall's Studio Carry A. Nation, Home Defender

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05147 Author/Creator: Hall's Studio Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: February 1904 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 18.1 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Full-length portrait, with hatchet in hand. Inscribed by Carrie Nation: "Carry A. Nation, Home Defender" This photograph shows Nation wielding a hatchet over her head with a grim look of determination on her face. With ink note on verso: "Dear Grandma. Carry Nation gave this picture to give to you. Your loving Grandson G.P. Handbrecht. 2-14-1904. New Haven".

Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911

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