An Overview of The Prohibition Era: 1919-1933

An Overview of The Prohibition Era: 1919-1933

A more detailed examination of this topic is planned for the future. In the meantime, this small collection of images is presented.

Arcade Card: "The Salute of the Wets" Pocket Mirror: Are You Wet or Dry? (Chilton, WI) Postcard: "If Dreams Would Only Come True" (1925) Postcard: "Damn You Give Me a Drink, Prohibition in Okla." Postcard: "In a Dry World" Postcard: "The Natural-Born Prohibitionist" Postcard: "We're Sadder Than The Camel" Print: Empty Beer Mug 1926 Life Magazine--anti-Prohibition campaign Anti-Prohibition Monthly Magazine, December 1928 Photo: "Repeal the Baby Volstead Law" Sign: "Help the President with Law Enforcement; Repeal the 18th Amendment; Prosperity" License Plate: "Repeal 18th Amendment" Repeal: "The New Deal" Beer Mug, c.1932 Santa Fe New Mexican: "Utah Deal Death Blow to Prohibition," December 5, 1933 Repeal Glass Fish Bowl: "Happy Days Are Back; At Last!", 1933 Anti-New Deal, Anti-Repeal Cover, "The New Deal Scores Again," 1933

Legal Documents

Alcohol Prescription Form, unused (2 views) Alcohol Prescription Form, used Alcohol Prescription Form, used Alcohol Prescription Form, used Prescribed Bottle of Whiskey (2 views) Bureau of Prohibition Sign Photo: Closed for Violation of the National Prohibition Act Photo: Closed for Violation of the National Prohibition Act Sign: Closed for Violation of the National Prohibition Act Search Warrant for Liquor, Lowell, Kent County MI (2 views) Search Warrant for Liquor, Lycoming Co. Pennsylvania, 1929 (2 views) Arrest Warrant for Nelson Miller, Lycoming Co. PA, 1928 (2 pages) Bond Document for Nelson Miller, Lycoming Co. PA 1928 Affidavit Covering Purchase of Alcohol from Nelson Miller, Lycoming Co. PA, 1928 (2 pages) Alcohol Arrest Bond Document for Clarence & Charles Engle, Lycoming Co. PA, 1928 Document Charging Clarence Engle, Lycoming Co. PA, 1928 Court Document: Pennsylvania vs. Charles Pentz (2 pages)

How Brewers Diversified During Prohibition

Fleck's Special Brew (non-alcoholic) Schaefer Dark Brew (non-alcoholic) Anheuser-Busch Yeast (2 views) Schlitz Malt Syrup Blatz Chewing Gun (Grape Flavored) (2 views) 1920 Newspaper advertisement for Stroh's Alaska Ice Cream Photograph: Old backery that once sold Stroh's Ice Cream, Detroit, MI Stroh's Ice Cream (modern-day packaging shown)

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