Carrie Nation Superb Photo of Her Giving a Speech at
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Carrie Nation Superb Photo of Her Giving a Speech at Eureka Springs
Measuring 9.5" x 7.5", mounted on cardboard to the overall size of 10.875" x 8.875", dated 1911. A sepia-toned photograph of Nation speaking to a large crowd in front of the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Copyright 1911 by John Tackett. With bumping and wear at the corners of the photograph. Overall very good. From the archives of famous Old West photographer John Tackett.
Caroline Amelia Nation (1846-1911) was a radical advocate of the temperance movement, known best for attacking bars and saloons with a hatchet. Between 1900-1910, Nation and her acolytes destroyed bars and taverns across the Midwest, and Nation was arrested an estimated 30 times. To raise money for the cause (and to post bail), she collected donations during lecture tours and sold photographs and souvenir miniature hatchets.
John Tackett owned a photography studio in Coffeyville, where Tackett would capture the famous images of the Dalton Gang after the Coffeyville raid. Tackett would also go onto collaborate with Emmett Dalton in order to write, film, produce and distribute a movie about the raid.
Provenance:
1. John Tackett Archives
2. Jim and Theresa Earle Collection
3. Bonhams Los Angeles
This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.
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