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Tag Archives: prohibition
The Speakeasy
The 21 Club in New York City was a Speakeasy in the 1920’s during Prohibition. Their website has some interesting information about the wine cellar:
Perhaps the most elaborately disguised vault in New York City, ’21’s Wine Cellar was built to be invisible. Behind several smoked hams that hung from the basement ceiling and a shelved wall filled with canned goods, stood a perfectly camouflaged 2 1/2 ton door that appeared to be part of the wall. Opened only by inserting a slender 18″ meat skewer through one of many cracks in the cement wall, the secret door silently slid back to reveal ’21’s most coveted treasure: two thousand cases of wine.
There were apparently many raids at the club but the staff was so good at keeping an eye out that they always saw the police coming and hid everything just in time. The 21 club has a section about its history on their website at http://www.21club.com/web/onyc/wine_cellar_history.jsp
Posted in 1920-1932
Tagged organized crime, prohibition, Roaring 20's, speakeasy
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Prohibition of alcohol
Prohibition of alcohol occurs in the United States. Prohibition in the United States began January 16, 1919 with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution and effected on January 16, 1920, and it continued throughout the 1920s. Prohibition was finally repealed in 1933. This picture shows that Beer barrels are destroyed by prohibition agents in an unknown location on Jan. 16, 1920 and was published by Associated Press. While Prohibition was successful in reducing the amount of liquor consumed, it tended to destroy society by other means. Prohibition became increasingly unpopular during the Great Depression, especially in large cities.
The link of this image is http://apimages.ap.org/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=Prohibition+of+alcohol&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=14
Posted in 1920-1932, Cultural History, Economic History, June 28 assignment, Social History
Tagged 1920s, alcohol, prohibition
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The 21st Amendment
On December 5th, 1933, prohibition on alcohol beverages by 18th amendment was ended. The 21st amendment is the only amendment ratified by state conventions instead of state legislatures which reflects the influence of deep-rooted politics inside the lawmakers.
Photo: http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/21st_amendment_final.html
Posted in 1932-1940, June 7 assignment
Tagged 21st amendment, politics, prohibition
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