Vote California Dry

Vote California Dry Cause Button Museum
Category
Political
Cause
Additional Images
Vote California Dry button back Cause Button Museum
Sub Categories
Alcohol
Prohibition
Text on Button CALIFORNIA DRY VOTE YES
Image Description

Blue text in a white circle surrounded by a blue ring with white text inside it. 
Back Paper / Back Info

THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.
BUTTONS.
BADGES.
NOVELTIES AND SIGNS 
(Not clear)
NEWARK N.J.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1910s
1916
Additional Information

In 1916, two propositions appeared on the ballot in California to prohibit alcohol in the state of California. Proposition 1, if it had been approved, would have prohibited the manufacture, sale, gift or transportation of intoxicating liquors, except for "medicinal, sacramental, scientific and mechanical" purposes. Proposition 2 would have defined liquor, and then prohibited its use. Neither of these propositions were passed.
Catalog ID CA0120