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Prohibition Era Collection

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Shows William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson (1862-1945) who was an supporter of Prohibition and law enforcement officer

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Ballymena, Newport, 1895 Aug 4. Creator: Johns Johnston

Ballymena, Newport, 1895 Aug 4. Creator: Johns Johnston
Ballymena, Newport, 1895 Aug 4. "It appears that Ballymena ended her days as a supplier for rum runners in Gun Cay Harbor (Bahamas)"

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Mr. And Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mr. And Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, 1917

Mr. And Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mr. And Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, 1917
Mr. And Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, 1917. Pauline Morton Sabin was an American prohibition repeal leader and Republican party official. In 1916 she married Charles H

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: A rum-running boat caught smuggling in 2000 bottles, USA, 1920s

A rum-running boat caught smuggling in 2000 bottles, USA, 1920s. The sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned in the United States under the Eighteenth Amendment

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Pauline Morton Sabin, 1926. Creator: Philip A de Laszlo

Pauline Morton Sabin, 1926. Creator: Philip A de Laszlo
Pauline Morton Sabin, 1926

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Enforcing prohibition, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1920s

Enforcing prohibition, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1920s. Law enforcement agents examining at a cache of 191 pint bottles found underneath a sailors mattress on a steamer putting in at Norfolk, Virginia

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: A bar in Camden, New Jersey, being forcibly dismantled by dry agents, USA, 1920s

A bar in Camden, New Jersey, being forcibly dismantled by dry agents, USA, 1920s. A scene from the Prohibition era. The sale, manufacture

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Jack Legs Diamond, temporarily in the hands of the law in Troy, New York, USA

Jack Legs Diamond, temporarily in the hands of the law in Troy, New York, USA, July 1931. Diamond (1897-1931) was a Prohibition-era Irish-American gangster in New York

Background imageProhibition Era Collection: Drink gets the better of a young man, USA, 1933

Drink gets the better of a young man, USA, 1933. A staged photograph during the Prohibition era in the United States


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