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- Collection: The Prohibition Era
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A typical scene of New Yorkers paying obsequities to John Barleycorn on January 16, 1920
John Barleycorn, a personification of whiskey, was given funerals by wets and drys alike when Prohibition went into effect.
Bootlegger Car Chase
After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ... a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police
Government Officers Destroy an Illicit Moonshine Still
The photograph shows government officials destroying a moonshine still
Postcard: "Why I Hate the Liquor Traffic"
A postcard with a poem by J. Frank Hanley, governor of Indiana advocating for the Temperance movement
Red Byron Car
The car driven by Red Byron, who won the first NASCAR championship under Raymond Parks
Vine Glo ad
An advertisement for Vine Glo, a brick of grape concentrate that, when dissolved and left to ferment, made wine.