Safety First Vote Dry Ohio

Safety First Vote Dry Ohio Cause Button Museum
Category
Cause
Additional Images
Safety First Vote Dry Ohio button back Cause Button Museum
Sub Categories
Prohibition
Illustrations
Text on Button Safety First / Vote Dry
Image Description

Black open umbrella with white text above a white state of Ohio with black text on red background.
Back Paper / Back Info

Bastian Bros. Co. MFR'S of Ribbon Metal and Celluloid Novelties Rochester, N.Y.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1910s
The Manufacturer
Bastian Bros. Co.
Additional Information

This button is advocating Prohibition law passage for the state of Ohio. The umbrella image and "safety first" is commonly used on Prohibition buttons. This button predated national Prohibition, which banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol in the United States. Prohibition was mandated in the US in 1920 by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution and repealed in 1933 with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.
Catalog ID CA0043