tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post4526442377714879761..comments2024-02-12T16:21:12.752-05:00Comments on I Dream of Genea(logy): Prohibition Poster - Fact or Fiction?Abba-Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089473766267377501noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-68617157075235786262024-02-12T16:21:12.752-05:002024-02-12T16:21:12.752-05:00My sentence was satirical.My sentence was satirical.C. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045884942545687525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-89502064115193439462024-02-12T14:23:43.147-05:002024-02-12T14:23:43.147-05:00You wrote "Still, this is a very progressive,...You wrote "Still, this is a very progressive, satirical way to fight prohibition almost a century ago."<br /><br />The Temperance movement was part of the Progressive movement.<br /><br />See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era#Societal_reformsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-68851178436262561482022-05-11T22:43:10.947-04:002022-05-11T22:43:10.947-04:00That looks nothing like Carrie A. Nation.That looks nothing like Carrie A. Nation.Le French Ancapistaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-44055581124680663752018-09-07T19:56:07.075-04:002018-09-07T19:56:07.075-04:00Good thinking :) Good thinking :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608914582227863177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-71714823453076472292017-03-04T04:04:59.242-05:002017-03-04T04:04:59.242-05:00After seeing this poster years ago, I'm so hap...After seeing this poster years ago, I'm so happy to have stumbled on this post, thank you all!pixiefeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674145344730543886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-87833358539990973332016-04-24T00:16:03.696-04:002016-04-24T00:16:03.696-04:00The way I heard the phrase was"
"Lips t...The way I heard the phrase was"<br /><br />"Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine. My lips? No, my liquor!"William Vietinghoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-69541264324370687552016-02-01T04:06:38.260-05:002016-02-01T04:06:38.260-05:00Wow! The doors just keep opening.
Enjoyed this bi...Wow! The doors just keep opening.<br /><br />Enjoyed this bit of history. Thanks.LeftRightOut67noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-60402565076369861472015-11-05T15:59:51.432-05:002015-11-05T15:59:51.432-05:00I'm pretty certain this wasn't Edison'...I'm pretty certain this wasn't Edison's movie studio making a spoof on proof on prohibition for two reasons:<br />1) Edison was a prohibitionist:<br />http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19300212-01.2.15<br /><br />2) I'm pretty sure that's Carrie A. Nation on the left, pointing at the sign:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation<br />Egregious Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-15102445234970866992015-06-06T20:56:05.008-04:002015-06-06T20:56:05.008-04:00The Temperance movement continues today and is the...The Temperance movement continues today and is the origin of Blue Laws, DUI/DWI, the modern War on Drugs and the Criminal Justice system. The main focus of this movement was "Quality of Life" issues, now enforced by Public Safety Health Laws mainly as a tool for employment discrimination purposes, just as it is used today. It is also the origin of taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling winnings, called a "Sin Tax" and is why Las Vegas is called "Sin City." South Carolina is one the few states that continues to implement Prohibition Law. <br /><br />Source: Inciardi,James A. "Criminal Justice" 7th Edition. 2007Kimber~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12597784667516689581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-37258759701061100512015-02-22T06:01:55.741-05:002015-02-22T06:01:55.741-05:00For the entire poems (the original from George W. ...For the entire poems (the original from George W. Young and the one from Harriet E. Glazebrook) you can search in google books "Famous Poems from Bygone Days" and found them around page 70.C. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045884942545687525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-53450457229266060842015-02-22T05:44:26.949-05:002015-02-22T05:44:26.949-05:00I was searching as you did and found this picture ...I was searching as you did and found this picture from the Calais Womens Temperance Society : http://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/tag/calais-womens-temperance-society/<br />According to the dresses and hats the photography with the "Lips that touch liquor..." is not a 1919 picture, but rather a group picture from the same period as the picnic photography from Calais (Maine) : circa 1890.<br />And looging close to some of the ladies, I am almost wondering if they are not the same group!<br />And for the words in the poster I have found this extensive source : http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/R341.html <br />So the words that inspired the ladies come from a poem from George W. Young.<br />I quote the fresnostate site : <br />"EARLIEST DATE: 1878 (The Speaker's Garland #4, according to Gardner; supposedly writen c. 1870). According to Gardner, the first "Lips That Touch Liquor" was by George E. Young; it is the version that has been found in tradition. This inspired a temperance crusader by the name of Harriet E. Glazebrook to compose a sort of parody which begins "Alice Lee stood awaiting her lover one night." In it, Lee convinces her lover to give up drink. This version does not seem to have gone into tradition, but Gardner's notes seem to imply that it is more popular as a poem." Here is the poem : <br /><br />Lips That Touch Liquor<br /><br />by George W. Young<br /><br />You are coming to woo me, but not as of yore,<br />When I hastened to welcome your ring at the door;<br />For I trusted that he who stood waiting me then,<br />Was the brightest, the truest, the noblest of men,<br />Your lips, on my own, when they printed "Farewell,"<br />Had never been soiled by the "beverage of hell;"<br />But they come to me now with the bacchanal sign,<br />And the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine."C. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045884942545687525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-90629116277595340882009-06-25T13:37:24.933-04:002009-06-25T13:37:24.933-04:00According to the Thomas Edison National Historic P...According to the Thomas Edison National Historic Park Archives, this is a still from an Edison motion picture produced around 1910. They do not know the title of this film. The caption information is incorrect -- this photograph was not taken in the Black Maria, an experimental motion picture studio constructed by Edison in the 1890s. The original Black Maria was dismantled in 1903.<br /><br />I contacted them directly, since I was trying to locate information about this image, and had done some of the same research you had.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Andrea V. Grimes<br />Special Collection Librarian<br />Book Arts & Special Collections<br />San Francisco Public Library<br />100 Larkin Street<br />San Francisco, CA 94102<br />www.sfpl.org<br />agrimes@sfpl.orgAndrea Grimesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685458215837664886.post-73370582155997830872008-11-07T11:44:00.000-05:002008-11-07T11:44:00.000-05:00Interesting post, Abba-Dad. It's fun to see how bi...Interesting post, Abba-Dad. It's fun to see how bits of history come together into a story. Thanks for researching it!TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556045553534725632noreply@blogger.com