Pamphlet for Honorable Engebret E. Lobeck, a prohibition candidate for governor of Minnesota. Lobeck ran on the Prohibition Party ticket in the 1912 election.
Broadside claiming"Alcohol blots! 3.2 beer contains alcohol enough to be dangerous! Alcohol dims the vision, alcohol dulls the hearing, alcohol slows the muscle action, alcohol muddles the brain. Be wise...abstain! Beverage alochol is a blot of society!"
Pamphlet showing the benefits to the town of Willmar, Minnesota after six years of being dry. The results include decreased taxes and an increase in post office receipts, bank deposits, and population.
Broadside saying there will be a gospel temperance meeting by P.I. Williams. It claims "Mr. Williams speaks from experiences, having ben for a number of years a confirmed inebriate, and his utterances have the ring of sincerity and are marked by practical common sense."
A typical Norwegian temperance district convention held in northwestern Wisconsin in the 1920s. Delegates from local socieities and people of the area would meet to hear speakers, music, and fellowship.
Pamphlet comparing Fargo, North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota and the differences between the cities in terms of the number of saloons, city debt, city tax rate, and miles of pavement, water mains, and sewers. Includes the phrase, "The towns are not a mile apart."
Broadside saying to "Go and see Gustav Eide (Secretary for Minnesota Totalafholdsselskab) give lectures about the saloon and drinking water in free access. Minnesota Totalafholdsselskab was the Norwegian Total Abstinence group and Eide was a leader in the Norwegian-American Temperance movement.
Formal portrait of the O.S. Sneve family of Brookings, South Dakota. Sneve was a leader inthe Temperance movement amoung Norwegians, especially in South Dakota.