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Nation, Carrie

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Nation, Carrie

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Auction Date:2013 Apr 06 @ 09:00 (UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST)
Location:11400 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 800, Los Angeles, California, 90064, United States
Nation, Carrie (1846-1911) Radical member of the temperance movement; she often attacked establishments which served alcohol with a hatchet. Later in life, to earn money, she sold photographs of herself, collected lecture fees, and marketed miniature souvenir hatchets. Photograph inscribed and signed "Carrie A. Nation / Your loving Home Defender / May 2, 1902" vertically, in the upper left corner, 6¾ x 9½ in. The photo shows her holding a Bible in one hand and a hatchet in the other, with "Copyrighted 1901 / Michols and Davidson, Topeka, Kas." imprinted, along with her name. Matted with a biographical plaque and framed to an overall size of 16 x 25 in.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.