NATION, CARRY AMELIA (1846-1911). Cabinet photograph signed ("Carry A Nation Home Defender"), by Hall's Studio, New York (imprint on margin), n.d. [circa 1900]. 181 x 130 mm. (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.) including mount, some minor oxidation, lower right corner creased, with tape repair on verso, early ownership inscription on verso. A three-quarter-length portrait of the "Home Defender," holding the famous hatchet that smashed saloons across America, signed on the upper portion of the image.

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NATION, CARRY AMELIA (1846-1911). Cabinet photograph signed ("Carry A Nation Home Defender"), by Hall's Studio, New York (imprint on margin), n.d. [circa 1900]. 181 x 130 mm. (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.) including mount, some minor oxidation, lower right corner creased, with tape repair on verso, early ownership inscription on verso. A three-quarter-length portrait of the "Home Defender," holding the famous hatchet that smashed saloons across America, signed on the upper portion of the image.

"Her size (6 feet, 175 pounds) and her stern demeanor made her more than a match for her often besotted opposition"--W.M.