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Black Valley Railroad Temperance Broadside |
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 National Temperance Society of New York. Multi-colored Broadside. Ca 1863. 11 ½” x 16 ½”
Inventory# 20034 $1,200 Partial Transcript
"No Collisions, as only DOWN Trains run over the Road... The outcasts lying dead and dying along the track number 400,000 men and 200,000 women, all having been struck down with a BOTTLE." Displays the "Black Valley Railroad" in all its misery. Professionally conservation treated, including repairing some folds and tears Historical Background
During the 19th-century, there was a strong movement against the use of alcohol. Even Abraham Lincoln was a tacit supporter. Unlike Prohibition, the Temperance movement did not advocate laws prohibiting the sale and manufacture of liquor. Rather, their main tactic was telling people of the ill effects of drinking.
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