“Marching through Georgia”
Subject(s): Marching, Prohibition, Sunday legislation--U.S. states, Temperance, Women in politics, Women--Political activity, World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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A group of men and women march under such banners as “The Lips That Touch Corn Likker Shall Never Touch Ourn,” “W.C.T.U.,” and “Carrie Nation Cadets,” with one man carrying a small barrel labeled “Vegetable Tonic,” and a large wagon labeled “Water Wagon No. 1” immediately behind the leaders, to show their support for prohibition. They are all colored blue.
Comments and Context
Puck celebrated –or, rather, observed — the passage of statewide Prohibition in Georgia in this cartoon by L. M. Glackens. To the surprise of many, given backwoods Georgians’ reputations, the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages was banned statewide — the first state besides Maine (which long ago repealed such restrictions in many of its counties) to do so. On the other hand, in the deep South, the hold of moralistic Christians, represented by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union was strong.
There are two subtexts to the Glackens cartoon — the caption “Marching Through Georgia,” recalling a different sort of devastation wrought by Union troops in the Civil War; and the victorious crusaders as drawn by Glackens — bathed in blue to indicate the triumph of Blue Laws.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1908-01-15
Creator(s)
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
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:
“Marching through Georgia”. [January 15, 1908]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286025. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933. “Marching through Georgia”. [15 Jan. 1908]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286025.
APA:
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933., [1908, January 15]. “Marching through Georgia”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286025.
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 12, 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.
