CONTEMPORARY PENCIL DRAWING OF AMERICAN EAGLE, HOLDING A FLAG POLE IN ITS TALON WITH FLAG MOTTO, "TOTAL ABSTINENCE; ONLY SAFETY." A BOTTLE OF "COLD WATER" IS AT ITS LIPS. A BANNER, "THE PLEDGE," IS AT THE END OF THE FLAG POLE.
[np: 1840s?]. Pencil drawing, 7-1/8" x 8-3/4." Old vertical fold. The drawing appears complete but the right portion contains a clipped signature "James By-", suggesting the possibility of a missing portion. Else Very Good. The eagle is similar to the insignia and ribbons of the Cold Water Army, which flourished..... More