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[Cut out the Whiskey & Ax of all Nations, 1901].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06365 Author/Creator: Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Object Date: 1901 Pagination: 1 axe Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 5.2 cm Order a Copy

Title from object. A small metal "axe" with a loop for hanging, depicting temperance fighter Carrie Nation's caricature on "blade" of the axe. The messages are printed in various directions on the axe. The verso has an advertisement: "Buy Laurel Stoves & Rances Art Stove Co., Detroit, Mich."

Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Progressive Era
Temperance and Prohibition
Alcohol
Reform Movement
Diet and nutrition
Women's History
The Politics of Reform

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