Prohibition Collection

Prohibition Ball 1918

Is that You, Daddy?
IS THAT YOU, DADDY ? Propaganda for prohibition presupposes that every man who patronises a bar will become a drunken sot

Prohibition -The vision 1920
In these days even " Spirits" have their " Ghost". Satire in a British periodical, depicting Uncle Sam thinking about when alcohol was freely available

Looting Secret Whiskey
In America, crowds loot a secret whiskey store of confiscated liquor

Illegal Night Club 1934
During Prohibition, Cooks tourists in New York are given a glimpse of an illegal night club where only millionaires can afford to buy a drink. Date: 1934

Prohibition & Uncle Sam
Prohibition and Uncle Sam

Tobacco Ban Threat
Beware, Mr Smoker, your turn is next ! - a prophetic satire from the Prohibition Era in America

Liquor down the Drain
Contraband liquor is poured down the drain in Zion City, Illinois, USA

President Harding Prohibition message, probably 1920s

Prohibition message, the Eighteenth Amendment, probably 1920s

Prohibition message, probably 1920s

Mr. ss Kresge prohibition message, probably 1920s
Mr.ss Kresge prohibition message, probably 1920s

W D B Creagh, boxer, prohibition message, probably 1920s

The City That Never Sleeps
Scenes from the lost 1924 silent film The City That Never Sleeps, showing a prohibitionist nightclub. Date: 1924

William E Pussyfoot Johnson, American prohibitionist
William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson (1862-1945), American campaigner against the consumption of alcohol, seated (right) at a table during an alcohol prohibition meeting in Britain. 1919

PROHIBITION CARTOON 1923
An X-ray examination of the American males person would reveal hidden alcohol aplenty, according to this cartoon. Date: 1923

RUM RUNNING USA 1923
RUM ROW Liquor carriers outside American territorial waters, off New Jersey, wait to unload their wares Date: 1923

CASINO DE CHICAGO 1933
The Casino de Chicago stages a hyper-revue to celebrate the end of prohibition: Cocktails for ever Date: 1933

End of Prohibition in America
Americans celebrate the end of Prohibition Date: 1933

Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Scene inside the Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Date: 1928

Fresco of Adam and Eve. Barbera del Valles. Catalonia. Spain
Romanesque art. 12th c. Church of Saint Mary. Fresco of Adam and Eve. Barbera del Valles. Catalonia. Spain

Suspected Brit Smuggler
A British yachtsman suspected of rum-running throws an American customs man off his ship. Date: 1922

Hacienda style restaurant, Tijuana, Mexico / USA border
People looking out to sea from the upper terrace of a hacienda style restaurant on the beach front at Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, not far from the border with the USA, during the Prohibition era

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prohibitionist. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Illegal Still Raided
Authorities raid an illegal liquor still in prohibition America. Date: 1922

Casino De Chicago 1933
The Casino de Chicago stages a hyper-revue to celebrate the end of prohibition: Cocktails for ever Date: 1933

Niagara Falls / Rum Runner
Niagara Falls: a rum-runner is swept over the falls during the Prohibition Era Date: 1931

O Briens Bar, Juarez, Chihuaha, Mexico
Exterior view of O Briens Bar and Cafe, in Comercio Street, Juarez, Chihuaha, Mexico, owned by Jimme O Brien and Joe Mogel. Barrels of whisky and cases of gin are being unloaded. Date: circa 1925

Notice published by London Licensed Victuallers, WW1
Prohibition of Treating (ie buying a drink for another person). Notice published by London Licensed Victuallers, 11 October 1915

Prohibition Stunt
During the Prohibition era in the U.S.A. drinkers had to go to great lengths to think of new and ingenious ways and places to hide their booze! Date: 1930s

Hiding Prohibition Booze
A young woman up a step ladder demonstrates the enormous lengths people went to to hide their bootleg booze during the Prohibition in the U.S.A.! Date: early 1930s

Said prohibition Maine to prohibition Georgia: Heres lookin

Anti prohibition

Prohibition party leaders of 1884. Date c1887 June 9

A scene from the show Broadway, New York, 1926, which also played London in 1927 and was a comedy, musical drama providing a view of the effects of prohibition and the cabaret scene in New York Date

Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Trading with Indians
Native American Indians trading goods on the platform of a train station for a bottle of liquor from a gentlman in a straw boater, U.S.A. Date: early 1930s

Prohibition Raid
Customs officials of the motor boat Marjorie seizing bottles of contraband champagne off Mont Auk Point, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. during the Prohibition. Date: 16 December 1929

The Ship Tavern, Little Turnstile, Lincolns Inn, London, used as a shelter for priests during the persection and prohibition of the Roman Catholic religion. Date: established 1549

The Smokers Turn
Prohibition in the USA : - Beware, Mr Smoker, your turn is next !

Party for Beloved Drink
Many tears are shed when a New York hotel stages a funeral party for its beloved liquor on the eve of prohibition

Beer Poured Overboard
Arriving at New York, USA, the French liner Paris is forced to pour its beer overboard

Band of Hope Prize
C.E.T.S Church of England Temperance Society ? All England Challenge Competition for Band of Hope, Diocese of Canterbury, Herne Bay Branch. Claude Watkins wins a prize

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