A timely exposure
Subject(s): Bars (Drinking establishments), Canteens (Establishments), Drunkenness (Criminal law), Hand-to-hand fighting, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Soldiers, Temperance, Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Secretary of War Elihu Root holds up a lantern to illuminate a scene in an “Anti-Canteen Saloon” where soldiers have gone to drink and socialize in the absence of a canteen on the army base. It is over-run with drunkenness and violence. Caption: What the W.C.T.U. has effected by abolishing the army canteen.
Comments and Context
Reformers argued, eventually with success, that Army canteens, even if liquor was dispensed there, had advantages over saloons and such establishments off military bases.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1901-05-29
Creator(s)
Period
Vice President of the United States (1901)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
A timely exposure. [May 29, 1901]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275846. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956. A timely exposure. [29 May. 1901]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275846.
APA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956., [1901, May 29]. A timely exposure.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275846.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
