Prohibition

At center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnaps the “G.O.P.” elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the “G.O.P.”). Around this image are vignette scenes showing, on the left, Edward “Carson” kidnapping Ulster from “Home Rule Ireland,” a man with a movie camera who has lassoed theater-goers at the entrance to a theater labeled “Drama,” and a man wearing suit and top hat labeled “Prohibition” kidnapping the Statue of Liberty; and on the right, a British suffragist carrying a policeman labeled “The Law,” a newspaper labeled “The Calamity Howl” howling as sheaves of wheat labeled “Bumper Crop” carry off an infant labeled “Business,” and a woman labeled “Dame Fashion” kidnapping a corset.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-08-08

Creator(s)

Mayer, Henry, 1868-1954

Print shows two old men, one of whom may be Uncle Sam holding a glass, sitting at a table in a saloon, on which is a large bottle of alcohol labeled “Regulated Ohio Brand.” On a shelf behind them are other bottles of alcohol and a notice that states “Ohio Cordials & Refreshments on Hand”, there is also a large container of “Ice”, and on the wall, a sign that states “Regulate Liquor Traffic by License and Tax Laws.” The man sitting opposite of Uncle Sam is reaching for the bottle to refill his glass; he is holding a paper with the headline “Prohibitory Amendment Defeated.” An old temperance woman, wearing the plumed hat of Blaine Republicans and shaking her fist, is visible through an open door. Caption: Not too much – just enough – pass the bottle!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-10-17

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

Full color political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt leading the “Regular Republican Party Ticket,” in the form of an elephant, along the road to the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Behind them on the road is a keg-shaped wagon mired in mud and being confounded by obstacles. The wagon is being urged on by William Jennings Bryan and driven by Lewis Emery. A donkey labeled “Democratic Destructive Party” pulls the wagon along with a giraffe labeled “Lincoln Obstructive Party.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1906

Creator(s)

Flohri, Emil

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.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-01-15

Two men labeled “Georgia” and “Maine” hold bottles, “Orange Phosphate” and “Cold Tea,” respectively, which contain alcohol. Their pockets are filled with such bottles, their method of subverting prohibition.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

An old woman labeled “Prohibition,” holding an umbrella labeled “Intolerance,” stands between two sluices that power waterwheels. She is holding a board in the shape of the U.S. Capitol labeled “Politics” in one sluice, blocking the water to the waterwheel on the right, which has paddles labeled “Good fellowship, Recreation, Temperance, Discipline, [and] Health” and runs past “The Closed Canteen.” On the left, water labeled “U.S. Army” flows through the sluice and over a waterwheel with paddles labeled “Drunkenness, Immorality, Disorder, Vice, Disease, [and] Gambling” that runs past “The Blind Tiger” and “The Open Dive,” where a man labeled “Divekeeper” is carrying a bag of “The Grist of Vice.” Puck calls Prohibition’s attention to the problems resulting from closed canteens. Caption: Puck (to Prohibition) — Look around: See whom you benefit while you keep that sluice-gate shut!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-05-10

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Charles Fletcher Lummis begins by discussing his opinion on Prohibition and then continues on to discuss his problem with President Roosevelt interfering in Spanish-American countries.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-15

Creator(s)

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

Josiah Strong asks President Roosevelt if he remembers writing an article for Strong, then secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, four years ago for a leaflet entitled “On the Need of Commonplace Virtues.” The article was not published because of references to “political prohibitionists.” Strong has since left the Evangelical Alliance and would like Roosevelt’s permission to publish the article in the Christmas issue of Social Service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-08

Creator(s)

Strong, Josiah, 1847-1916