Sujet

Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins, October 30, 1902. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins of Centerville, Tennessee. A temperance or abstinence pledge is a commitment to practice abstinence, usually from alcohol. "Family Temperance Pledge" and "God Bless Our Home" is printed across the top. Rays of light emanate from an all-seeing eye floating above the Holy Bible. Below is an idealised domestic scene of a white family, with six reasons why a person should sign the pledge listed on either side. Beneath this is an inscription written in blue ink, giving the details of Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins' marriage.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A78_087

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,6Mo (2,0Mo) / 21,9cm x 29,3cm / 2592 x 3456 (300dpi)

Mots clés

drink Caucasian people black child children face family religious father eyes country religion body bodies fatherhood white eye museum alcohol color design mother Christianity motherhood location Victorian century parenting sewing Bible abstinence concept dad African American African-American afro-american liquor domestic life mum United States of America Colour graphic design 1900s 20th century heritage American America USA all-seeing idealised morality temperance united states Unknown Jenkins Temperance Movement Ink on paper cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC pledges Irene Jenkins Irene Luther Miller Pulce Pulce Luther Miller