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Carrie A. Nation, c. 1900
Hatchet in one hand, Bible in the other — the temperance movement's most famous portrait.
What
A studio portrait of Carrie Nation, posed with the hatchet and Bible that made her the temperance movement's single most recognizable figure.
Why
This house's whole argument needs a face on the other side of the bar — this is the one nearly everyone already recognizes.
Notice
The composure of the pose — not the wild-eyed caricature later cartoons made of her, a controlled studio portrait, on her own terms.
“She got her law. This house exists because she eventually lost the argument too.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
The Lost — mark extinguished- Country
- United States
- Format
- Other
- Piece published
- Carry A. Nation with hatchet and Bible — studio portrait, 1900
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-16.
This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.
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The Lost — mark extinguishedConfiscated Still, 1922
Confiscated still — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedLiquor Raid, 1922
Liquor raid — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedDestroying Liquor, 1923
Destroying liquor — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedE. C. Yellowly, Chief of General Prohibition Agents, 1925
E.C. Yellowly, Chief of gen. prohibition agents — National Photo Company press photograph
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