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Title
Temperance association Frankford branch
Creator
Sinclair, Thomas S., approximately 1805-1881, printer
Porter, James (Publisher), publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1841
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a certificate of membership for a temperance association; a man is urged to sign a pledge of sobriety by his wife and child who stand with him; two men offer him the quill pen and document to sign at left; fountain and well-kept garden grounds outside window above the table at center; certificate text at bottom center.
"Sinclair Lithr. Phila."--text, bottom center of image. "A Certificate of Membership for Temperance Societies. Published by James Porter. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1841, by James Porter, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pa."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 40.01 x 31.43 cm (15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_POL_002849
417119
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4221
Language
English
Subject
Children--Pictorial works
Families--Pictorial works
Temperance
Temperance--Societies, etc
Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Politics & Social Issues
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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