PROHIBITION/BOOTLEGGING/SPEAKEASIES: Prohibition laws made the sale and use of alcohol illegal from 1920 to 1933. 'Bootleggers' were groups that smuggled alcohol illegally into the country during this time. All saloons and bars were shut down so private, unlicensed barrooms, nicknamed “speakeasies” were established. The nickname came from how low you had to speak the “password” to gain entry so as not to be overheard by law enforcement. During the 13 years Prohibition was in effect, the nation was split morally and politically while simultaneously empowering the start of organized crime.
COOL FACT: The building that is presently Crabbie Bill's Seafood on Sebastian's waterfront, used to be a speakeasy and Prohibition distribution center in the 1920s.
The Ohio State University: Temperance & Prohibition Collection
The Ohio State University: Temperance & Prohibition Collection
Four Speakeasy cards
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Prohibition, Speakeasy Peephole, 1930's
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MARY GUINAN (1884-1933). - Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan. Known as 'Texas.' American actress and speakeasy owner.
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Bootlegging
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The Profession of Bootlegging
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 125, Modern Crime: Its Prevention and Punishment (May, 1926), pp. 40-48
The Race Menace in Bootlegging
The Virginia Law Register; New Series, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Sep., 1921), pp. 337-344 (8 pages)
PROHIBITION: CARTOON, 1923. - 'The Volstead Market Day.' American cartoon by Rollin Kirby from the 'New York World,' 1923, commenting on the illegal trade in liquor during prohibition.
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PROHIBITION CARTOON, 1930. - 'The Leaning Tower Shows Signs of Collapse.' Cartoon by Rollin Kirby from the New York Worlk, 1930, on the growing strength of the forces of repeal after ten years of Prohibition in the United States.
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The Ohio State University: Temperance & Prohibition Collection
The Prohibition era in the U.S.
Illegal Still, 1920s Prohibition - Two men standing with a still that had been used to produce illegal alcoholic drinks (moonshine).
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Garter Flask. Dancer demonstrating the latest fashion for the use of a concealed garter flask for carrying alcoholic drinks during prohibition in the USA.
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Bootleg Truck with a Secret Compartment.
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PROHIBITION, 1920s. - Dismantling a bootleg distillery in San Francisco
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