Beer Stein

Object/Artifact

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The Cardinal Collection

Name/Title

Beer Stein

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.85.143

Description

This is a cream-colored, ceramic beer stein with a design of man and woman on a couch. A printed inscription on the side cheekily reads: Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

Context

“The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.” The last line of an anonymous poem from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) became a popular mantra in the efforts by prohibitionists to stop all sales of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

Location

Room

Red Room

Building

The Big House

Ohio State Park

Malabar Farm State Park