Hatchet, Carry Nation

 
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Wall Ornament, Carrie Nation
Hatchet, Carry Nation
Wall Ornament, Carrie Nation
Wall Ornament, Carrie Nation

Hatchet, Carry Nation

Object number1997.022.14
Dateca 1900-1910
Mediummetal, wood, paint
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (11.4 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionMetal wall plaque in shape of hatchet, painted white with strokes of green, orange, blue. Blade has section cut out with profile of Carry inset. "All Nations Welcome But Carrie" in raised letters. Much of paint has flaked off.

    Carry A. Nation (1846-1911) was an American radical member of the Women’s Temperance Union, which opposed alcohol just before the Prohibition. Believing her name to be an indication of divine guidance, Carry would become famous for her methods in eliminating alcohol by destroying saloons and its stock with a hatchet. Between 1900 and 1910, she would be arrested 30 times for “hatchetations,” as she would coin them. Nation paid her jail fines with money collected from giving lectures and selling souvenir hatchets. In 1908, she moved to Eureka Springs, AR, where her house became known as “Hatchet Hall.”
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