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Step back into the 1920s with our Prohibition Magic Mug – the only mug that keeps history hidden until you heat things up! At first glance, it looks like a plain mug… but once you pour in hot coffee, tea, or cocoa, a secret image appears, revealing a mystery historical figure from the Prohibition era.
Will your mug unveil a “Dry” crusader like hatchet-wielding Carrie Nation… or a “Wet” rebel like bootlegger George Remus or speakeasy queen Texas Guinan?
You won’t know until you fill it!
What’s Wet vs. Dry?
  • Dry: Someone who supported Prohibition and fought to ban alcohol. (Temperance leaders, lawmakers, moral crusaders)
  • Wet: Someone who defied Prohibition and kept the liquor flowing. (Bootleggers, speakeasy owners, gangsters, rum-runners)
In the 1920s, Americans weren’t just divided by politics – they were divided by beverages! Your mug will decide which side you’re on… the moment the drink warms it up.
Why it’s fun
  • You don’t know who you’ll get until the liquid reveals the image
  • Educational, quirky, and conversation-starting
  • Great gift for history buffs, teachers, coffee addicts, and troublemakers
  • Works with any hot drink: coffee, tea, cider, mulled wine (we won’t tell)
Will your mug expose a speakeasy-loving lawbreaker or a temperance warrior on a mission? Only one way to find out… Just add heat.
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Carrie A. Nation was one of the most dramatic and controversial figures of the American temperance movement in the early 1900s, just before national Prohibition. A fiercely religious, physically imposing woman who stood nearly six feet tall, she believed she was divinely commanded to destroy saloons and wipe out the liquor trade, which she saw as a source of crime, domestic abuse, poverty, and moral decay.

Nation became nationally known for her saloon-smashing raids, which she called “hatchetations.” Armed with a hatchet in one hand and a Bible in the other, she entered bars and violently destroyed bottles, mirrors, kegs, slot machines, and liquor stock. She often sang hymns or shouted scripture while doing it.

She was arrested over 30 times for vandalism, disturbing the peace, and inciting riots — but she welcomed the arrests, saying they helped spread her message.

Carrie Nation turned her crusade into a national movement by:

  • Giving fiery lectures across the country
  • Selling hatchet-shaped pins as fundraising souvenirs
  • Publishing her autobiography, The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
  • Printing newspapers and pamphlets under the title “The Smasher’s Mail”
She became as much a media figure as a political activist, and even those who opposed her admitted she was unforgettable.

Nation blamed alcohol for:
  • The abuse she said she suffered in her first marriage (her first husband died of alcoholism)
  • Broken families and widespread poverty
  • Corruption in local government, police, and businesses
She didn’t just oppose drinking — she opposed tobacco, gambling, corsets, and anything she considered indecent. Her activism mixed religion, feminism, and social reform.

She lived and died before national Prohibition took effect (1920), but her activism helped fuel the movement that led to the 18th Amendment.

She remains remembered as:
  • A folk hero of temperance supporters
  • A public nuisance and vigilante to critics
  • A symbol of radical direct-action activism
  • And in modern pop culture, a kind of anti-alcohol icon with a hatchet
Even today, she is often described with humor and admiration as:

“The woman who literally smashed her way into history.”
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