Drunkard’s Home, 1850 Temperance societies undertook a variety of activities to publicize the dangers of alcohol. This engraved illustration is from The National Temperance Offering, published by the Sons of Temperance, one of the oldest temperance organizations in the United States. It suggests the harm men’s alcohol abuse creates for working-class women and children.
From The National Temperance Offering, and Sons and Daughters of Temperance Gift, Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia