RMD95XD4–Caricature against Prohibition (of alcohol). A mob hanging an effigy of Prohibition from a tree. 1932.
RMHHGAM2–French magazine illustration, showing the end of prohibition in the USA, with people celebrating by drinking in a bar.
RMD95XD5–Repeal of Prohibition, 1933. American barman exhausted by clearing up the empty bottles after the celebration of the laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol.
RMDYEM68–FBI Officer breaks a confiscated barrel of beer as part of the prohibition campaign against alcohol in the USA in the 1920's. Date 1924.
RMD98NEN–Prohibition in the USA 1920-1933: A barrel of confiscated illegal beer being poured down a drain. Alcohol Temperance America
RM2K097NY–Newspaper report of the violation of the Prohibition Law in New Jersey, 1920.
RMD98E84–Prohibition or The Noble Experiment 1919-1933: Cases of Whiskey confiscated by the US Internal Revenue Bureau, 1920s.
RM2K0AC02–Violation of the Prohibition law in America. A bar in a cafe is pried up in Camden, New Jersey, USA
RMD98T1M–Prohibition advocate Carrie Nation, known for smashing up saloons, was mocked by students at a rally in 1902 on State street at
RMDYEN5G–Woman putting flask in her Russian boot, Washington, D.C.. From this action comes the term , bootlegging or bootleg,. This secretive means of carrying alcohol was used during the prohibition era. 1922
RMDYF2Y8–Photograph of a well stock shop in the USA 1920s. The sale of alcohol was prohibited throughout the US during the 1920's Prohibition. As the photograph shows there is a bountyful amount of food produce but no alcohol on sale. Unknown
RM2K0ABWG–Enforcing prohibition in America. Officials inspect bottles of liquor found under a sailor's mattress on a steamer in Norfolk, Virginia. Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933
RM2K08EC2–John Edgar Hoover and Melvin Horace Purvis following the Prohibition period in the USA. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 - May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 - February 29, 1960) was an American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent
RMDYEN64–Moonshine still recently confiscated by the Internal Revenue Bureau photographed at the Treasury Department between 1921 and 1932. Man standing next to still looking at contents of glass.
RMDYEM4W–American Federation of Labour, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919
RMG1DCWB–Photographic print of Al Capone (1899-1947) an American gangster during the Prohibition era. Dated 20th Century
RM2JXHRTJ–Photograph of an American Bootlegger, also known as rum-running, which is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages during prohibition. Dated 20th Century
RMG1DCWC–Photographic print of the jail cell of Al Capone (1899-1947) an American gangster during the Prohibition era. Dated 20th Century
RMF7NG41–Alphonse Gabriel 'Al' Capone (/æl kəˈpoʊn/; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era.
RMEX6GEY–Photograph of Alphonse Gabriel 'Al' Capone (1899-1947). Infamous American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era in America. Dated 1945
RMEC7KW1–Woman putting a flask in her Russian boot, Washington, D.C. From this action comes the term bootlegging or bootleg. This secretive means of carrying alcohol was used during the prohibition era
RMEC7WE9–I Walk Alone is a 1948 film noir directed by Byron Haskin, his directorial debut, and starring Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, and Kirk Douglas. It tells the story of two rum-running partners during Prohibition and the fall out that followed their actions.
RMEC7TPW–Mugshot of Al Capone. Alphonse Gabriel 'Al' Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently also became known as the 'Capones', was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities, such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931.
RM2K0E27M–Vito Genovese (1897 - 1969) Italian-born American mobster who mainly operated in the United States. Genovese rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia. In 1957, Genovese vied for the boss of bosses title by ordering the murder of Albert Anastasia. Genovese died in prison on February 14, 1969.
RMDYEKNJ–Said prohibition Maine to prohibition Georgia: 'Here's looking at you' by Louis Glackens, 1866-1933, artist. Published in Puck 1907. Illustration shows two men, one labelled 'Georgia' and the other labelled 'Maine', both are holding bottles, one labelled 'Orange Phosphate' and the other labelled 'Cold Tea' which contain alcohol; their pockets are filled with such bottles, their method of subverting prohibition.
RMEC7WHE–The lesson of the President's journey' Representatives of the 'Democratic, Republican, Populist, [and] Prohibition' parties carrying a larger-than-life-sized President McKinley on a sedan chair, and waving their hats as a show of support for McKinley's policies, behind them, on the right, are standing William Jennings 'Bryan,' George F. 'Hoar,' and Edward 'Atkinson' dressed like Filipinos. In the background is the U.S. Capitol building.
RM2K0ABG6–Gangster Al Capone during federal court proceedings in 1931. Black and white photograph. Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( January 17, 1899 - January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname 'Scarface', was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33
RMRJAE1J–Illustration depicting a Chinese man smoking opium 1852. Imports of opium into China stood at 200 chests annually in 1729, when the first anti-opium edict was promulgated. By the time Chinese authorities reissued the prohibition in starker terms in 1799, the figure had leaped; 4,500 chests were imported in the year 1800. The decade of the 1830s witnessed a rapid rise in the opium trade, and by 1838, just before the First Opium War, it had climbed to 40,000 chests. The rise continued on after the Treaty of Nanking (1842) that concluded the war
RM2CWBGG7–Arrete sur la Vente des Cigares et du Tabac, from French Political posters of the Paris Commune, May 1871.
RMHHG3YT–Prohibitions on child labour were gradually spreading wider and wider. Dated 19th Century
RMF7P8E7–Mr William D McNally, coroner's chemist in chicago, testing samples of liquor seized by the police. Wood alcohol was found in many of these samples.
RMMR6T4K–Cartoon commenting on the prohibitions on child labour which was gradually spreading across industries. Dated 19th century
RMEC7YXY–Rockabye, 1932. Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea.
RMEX70B5–Spanish American women protest in Washington to lift arms embargo 1938
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