Prohibition and Suffrage postcards

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Prohibition and Suffrage postcards, circa 1870-1930, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.15 Linear Feet
Creator:
Barranger & Company, Inc.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Prohibition and Suffrage postcards, circa 1870-1930, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of 31 postcards depicting various scenes related to prohibition, temperance, and women's suffrage. Majority of the postcards relate to temperance and include scenes and poems about the perils of drinking alcohol. One postcard celebrates the repeal of the prohibition amendment, telling of all of the jobs and prosperity the new brewery businesses will bring. Two postcards show women as Uncle Sam and another trumpeting with a banner that reads 'Votes for Women'. One postcard is titled Suffragette Madonna and ridicules the notion of granting women the right to vote. Many of the postcards indicate that they are published from A. T. Cook, Seedsman from Hyde Park, NY and are part of sets of 'Special Temperance Series'.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Barranger Company, Inc., 2019.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard