Atlanta Athletic Club Membership Card

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This membership card belonged to Governor Lamartine Griffin Hardman—one of three signatories for the 1907 prohibition bill. Private locker clubs frequented by the wealthy escaped closure by serving alcohol only to their members.

Courtesy of Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, #LGH-DOC-VB-47-12.

Atlanta Athletic Club Membership Card

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