Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge: Pollard Total Abstinence Society
Object Number:
INV.1727
Date:
ca. 1920
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Silk ribbon "POLLARD/Total Abstinence/SOCIETY/"We Veto Brandy, Gin and Wine,/The stuff you Brew, and Cider too."/COLD WATER./"How sweet from its green mossy brim to/receive it,/As poised on the curb, it inclines to my lips."; image of a water well; some stains; white.
Gallery Label:
This ribbon was worn during the Prohibition movement in the 1920s.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.