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Suspected Brit SmugglerA British yachtsman suspected of rum-running throws an American customs man off his ship. Date: 1922
The worship of Bacchus, or, the drinking customs of society. Published 1864
Order of Rechabites 1898Membership certificate for the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society of abstainers from alcohol
High Street and Town Hall, Marlborough, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1900s
Cartoon, F N Charrington, temperance workerCartoon, Frederick Nicholas Charrington (1850-1936), English social reformer and evangelical Christian who devoted himself to temperance work. He was a member of the Charrington Brewery family
Stavanger - Asbjorn Kloster Monument - NorwayAsbj loster (21 December 1823 18 January 1876) was a social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement in the 19th century
Cartoon, Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall (Old Vic)Cartoon, the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall. In 1879 the Coffee Palace Association took over the Victoria Theatre (now the Old Vic), and turned the theatre into a temperance music hall. 1880
Caricature of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Liberal politicianCaricature of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1829-1906), Liberal politician, temperance campaigner and radical anti-imperialist
John B Gough - 2JOHN B GOUGH British temperance advocate Date: 1817 - 1886
John B Gough - 3JOHN B GOUGH British temperance advocate with his autograph Date: 1817 - 1886
Temperance Gun AttackCarrie Nation and the League of American Women against Alcoholism attack a bar in Kansas City, USA. Date: 1901
Illegal Still RaidedAuthorities raid an illegal liquor still in prohibition America. Date: 1922
Ten Sous of Rum PleaseSchoolmistress to a pupil: " Here, get me ten sous worth of best rum from the corner shop". Date: 1906
Path of a DrunkardThe path of a drunkard is a story of degradation from polite civility to filthy clothes and unruly behaviour. Date: 1866
Temperance / J Bright / 1870A Punch cartoon commenting on John Bright and the liquor trade Date: 1870
Cruikshank / MonumentGEORGE CRUIKSHANK artist and temperance advocate: the monument placed by his wife in the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral Date: 1792-1878
Portrait with Signature of Artist George CruikshankGeorge Cruikshank the artist and temperance advocate in middle age Date: circa 1880s
Cruikshank / Sadlers WellsGEORGE CRUIKSHANK artist at a temperance meeting at Sadlers Wells Theatre: he is on the stage, just to the left of the woman with the two little boys Date: 1792-1878
Cruikshank / EtchingGEORGE CRUIKSHANK the artist and temperance advocate in 1811, from his etching entitled Interior View of the House of God Date: 1792-1878
Cruikshank / KnightGEORGE CRUIKSHANK artist and temperance advocate Date: 1792-1878
CRUIKSHANKGEORGE CRUIKSHANK artist and temperance advocate in old age Date: 1792-1878
People drinking water on a New Year cardPeople drinking water from the Fountain of Happiness on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
The Fruits of Alcohol, LondonTemperance related scene captioned The Fruits of Alcohol, showing children on a street outside a public house, one carrying a jug. A woman on pub steps also holds a container. Date: early 1900s
Aerial view of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, a highly religious Protestant town with many churches and no bars or taverns, nicknamed The Holy City. Date: circa 1908
McDougalls Peoples caf鬠1879McDougalls Peoples cafÚ¼áin St Pauls Churchyard, 1879. Date: 1879
Temperance Pageant, Woolwich, LondonTemperance Pageant, Woolwich, Eltham, County of London, England. Date: 1910s
Temperance Hotel, Alsop, Peak DistrictThe building was just 10 years old when this photo was taken - Ted Ellis on the left, and Ernest Battersby seem to be making a point that their glasses are empty
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 8Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man is now crazed and a couple observe his behaviour in an institution
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 1Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, a drunken man sits at home with his family - three young children and his wife
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 2Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man and his family are being visited by the bayliffs, who are stripping their house of possessions
The Federal Coffee Palace, Collins StreetBlack and white image of the exterior of the Federal Coffee Palace, a temperance hotel and club (demolished 1973), Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 5Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man is physically fighting with his wife, while others try to stop him
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 4Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man and his family sit around a fireplace in an empty room
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 3Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man and his family are begging for money on the streets outside of a liquor shop
Paris, France - Place du Chatelet. Date: 1830
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 9This is the paper, the poor drunkard signed, Which was brought by the pastor, so noble and kind, Who pitied the woman, with wobegone face, And her husband, the drunkard
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 12This is the cottage, the home of delight, Whence prayer, like an incense, ascends day and night, Where joy and contentment sit smiling so bright - Whence came this glad home where such comforts unite
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 11This is the text which the good pastor chose, And the light on the soul of the drunkard arose, As he sat in the church, to which one Sabbath-day, Along with his wife he had taken his way
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 7This is the woman, with wobegone face, The wife of the drunkard, in rags and disgrace, Who is served by the lady, all jewels and lace, The wife of the landlord who coins his bright gold
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 2These are the drinks that are sold night and day, at the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no. 2 of 12 by George Cruikshank to The Gin-Shop
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 8This is the pastor, so noble and kind, Who pitied the woman, with wobegone face, And the husband, the drunkard, in rags and disgrace, Who is served by the lady, all jewels and lace
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 1This is the Gin-shop all glittering and gay. Illustration no. 1 of 12 by George Cruikshank to The Gin-Shop, an improving rhyme warning against the dangers of alcohol and its ruinous effects
London Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road, EustonLondons Temperance Hospital, first opened in 1873, moved in 1885 to this site on Hampstead Road. It aimed to treat patients without the use of medicinal alcohol at a time when stimulants such as
Thomas Kent, gardener from the west of England, who underwent a conversion experience on hearing a sermon on the Prodigal Son, and turned over a new leaf
Frances Willard - 2FRANCES ELIZABETH CAROLINE WILLARD American temperance advocate Date: 1839 - 1898
ROBERT RAE Secretary of the National Temperance League Date: circa 1880
William Noble C1878WILLIAM NOBLE Temperance advocate who, following Francis Murphy in the U.S. introduced the Blue Ribbon movement to Britain. Date: circa 1878
Theobald MathewTHEOBALD MATHEW Irish churchman and temperance promoter, persuading people to take the pledge. with his autograph Date: 1790 - 1856