236. (CARRY A. NATION) (1846 - 1911) American temperance agitator who believed that since liquor was illegal in Kansas, she had the right to destroy with her axe liquor, furniture and fixtures in illegal drinking establishments. An out of the ordinary relic consisting of a vintage full length mounted photograph, 4" x 5 1/2", b/w, copyright 1901, depicting Nation holding her trademark axe in one hand and a book (no doubt the Bible) in the other. Together with a related original steel hatchet, approx. 8" in length, impressed with the year 1901 and stamped "Cut Out The Whiskey" and "Ax of All Nations" on one side and an advertisement for the Art Stove Company on the other. On June 5, 1900, Nation believed herself to have received a heavenly vision commanding her to smash saloons and the liquor bottles within. Nation continued her destructive ways in Kansas, her fame spreading through her growing arrest record. Alone or accompanied by hymn-singing women, she would march into a bar and sing and pray, while smashing bar fixtures and stock with a hatchet. Between 1900 and 1910, she was arrested some 30 times for "hatchetations," as she came to call them. Both items very good. $200 - 300