Nettie Chipp, president of the state chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) from 1910-1919, in the WCTU office in the Empire Building, c. 1916.

Donated by Nettie Chipp

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Idaho State Historical Society: 60-114.7

"Those were the days that they were building the railroad in here, the present railroad in you see, and it was during Prohibition, and those fellows'd come in drunk and then come up and protest and say they hadn't had a drink, well, you couldn't stand near 'em their breath would pretty near knock you down. (Laughter) That was one of my experiences."

-Samuel D. Hays, date

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