Prohibition Collection (#2)

A backwoods still operating during Prohibition (b/w photo)
7133804 A backwoods still operating during Prohibition (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); GG Vintage Images; UIG

Stocking up on alcohol before Prohibition takes effect, 1920 (b/w photo)
7134230 Stocking up on alcohol before Prohibition takes effect, 1920 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); GG Vintage Images; UIG

Repeal of Prohibition, 1933 (b/w photo)
2603731 Repeal of Prohibition, 1933 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: American barman exhausted by clearing up the empty bottles after the celebration of the laws)

Chemist G. F. Beyertesting bootleggers booze, 1920 (b/w photo)
7134238 Chemist G.F. Beyertesting bootleggers booze, 1920 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); GG Vintage Images; UIG

Peggy Hopkins Joyce raises a glass of beer to celebrate the end of Prohibition, Hollywood, California, 1933 (b/w photo)
1142633 Peggy Hopkins Joyce raises a glass of beer to celebrate the end of Prohibition, Hollywood, California, 1933 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

The latest thing in flasks, Washington, D. C. 1926 (b/w photo)
1582588 The latest thing in flasks, Washington, D.C. 1926 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Dancer Mlle)

The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden, 1550 circa (oil on canvas)
7146860 The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden, 1550 circa (oil on canvas) by Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (1518-94); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Elliot Ness, 1930s (b/w photo)
1706375 Elliot Ness, 1930s (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Eliot Ness FBI agent who led the investigations into Al Capone and his gang in Chicago between 1929)

Rumrunner « Dante » anchored at the wharf with alcohol aboard and guarded by prohibition agents, New Orleans, USA
ETE4129265 Rumrunner « Dante » anchored at the wharf with alcohol aboard and guarded by prohibition agents, New Orleans, USA, 1925 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during
1127461 New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition, c.1921 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Man and Woman standing with sign supporting U. S. Constitution's 18th Amendment, Washington DC, USA
5974388 Man and Woman standing with sign supporting U.S. Constitution's 18th Amendment, Washington DC, USA, 1932 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

Woman holding poster, "Abolish Prohibition!", 1931 (b/w photo)
5052066 Woman holding poster, "Abolish Prohibition!", 1931 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, Washington DC, 1932 (b/w photo)
3964010 Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, Washington DC, 1932 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Watched children going fishing despite prohibition
7278763 Watched children going fishing despite prohibition by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Watched children going fishing despite prohibition, Historical)

Celebrating the End of Prohibition, Chicago, 1933 (b/w photo)
1700906 Celebrating the End of Prohibition, Chicago, 1933 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: end of prohibition in Chicago in 1933 : celebration of the legalization)

Gangsters in a Car in Chicago, c. 1928 (b / w photo)
1700585 Gangsters in a Car in Chicago, c. 1928 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Gangsters in a car in Chicago, c. 1928)

The captain is not patient: a British yacht, suspected of carrying alcohol
XEE4186803 The captain is not patient: a British yacht, suspected of carrying alcohol, meets near American waters a customs cruiser who orders him to stop; when the officer of the prohibition

WOMEN MANUFACTURE A TRICOLOUR FLAG, 19th century (watercolour)
7264745 WOMEN MANUFACTURE A TRICOLOUR FLAG, 19th century (watercolour) by Induno, Gerolamo (1827-90); (add.info.: Intente RISORGIMENTO women clandestinely to the confection of a tricolour flag)

No dogs
Theo Luycx

Kern County, California is largely in the hands of big landowners, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California is largely in the hands of big landowners. Also it is a mecca for migrants from the Southwest. [Signs

Le bapteme secret (The Secret Baptism) - Christianisation de la Russie de Kiev (9eme-13eme siecle)
FIA5371551 Le bapteme secret (The Secret Baptism) - Christianisation de la Russie de Kiev (9eme-13eme siecle) - Peinture de Ivan Mikhailovich Tankov (Tonkov) (1740-1799), huile sur toile

Portrait of Joseph Livesey (oil on canvas)
492662 Portrait of Joseph Livesey (oil on canvas) by Seabrooke, Elliott (1886-1950); 127x101.5 cm; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire

Reading of an order prohibiting the sale of contaminated meat (colour litho)
3656805 Reading of an order prohibiting the sale of contaminated meat (colour litho) by Frison, Gustave (b.1850); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir Wilfrid Lawson (colour litho)
613647 Sir Wilfrid Lawson (colour litho) by Cecioni, Adriano (1838-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Permissive prohibition, 11 May 1872)

"L adieu du matin"(Farewell morning) Un couple se quitte au petit matin
FIA5329922 " L adieu du matin" (Farewell morning) Un couple se quitte au petit matin. Lithographie de Philibert Louis Debucourt (1755-1832) 1787 Musee Pouchkine Moscou by Debucourt

Safety First Signs (colour litho)
7163169 Safety First Signs (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Safety First Signs)

"Le Rendez vous"(Rendez-vous) Scene de seduction, une jeune fille courtisee par un gentilhomme qui lui
FIA5367472 " Le Rendez vous" (Rendez-vous) Scene de seduction, une jeune fille courtisee par un gentilhomme qui lui declare son amour au coin du feu

L emoi. Gravure sur bois de Felix Edouard Vallotton (1865-1925), 1894. Collection privee
FIA5327531 L emoi. Gravure sur bois de Felix Edouard Vallotton (1865-1925), 1894. Collection privee. by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); Private Collection; Photo © Fine Art Images

The end of dry diet in America: Americans celebrated the end of Prohibition
XEE4184706 The end of dry diet in America: Americans celebrated the end of Prohibition and freely drink beer in a pub. Print on the front page of " L illustrious du petit journal", 1933

Smugglers with contraband alcohol in a cave on the tenth anniversary of the introduction of Prohibition in the United
5997330 Smugglers with contraband alcohol in a cave on the tenth anniversary of the introduction of Prohibition in the United States

Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, c. 1920-25 (b / w photo)
5954287 Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, c.1920-25 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mabel Walker Willebrandt (May 23, 1889 - April 6, 1963)

Prohibition Unit (Cow Shoes), 28 June 1924 (b / w photo)
5954283 Prohibition Unit (Cow Shoes), 28 June 1924 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

A new kind of pond, in the country of prohibition (colour litho)
2809263 A new kind of pond, in the country of prohibition (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new kind of pond, in the country of prohibition)

The American Bacchanalia (Colour Litho)
2778213 The American Bacchanalia (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The American bacchanalia)

Son of Temperance, litho by N. Currier, pub. 1848 (colour litho)
2646229 Son of Temperance, litho by N. Currier, pub. 1848 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: No Brother shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage)

Four Speakeasy cards
NYH185430 Four Speakeasy cards by American School; Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; eNew York Historical Society; American, out of copyright

Suppression of the communist Spartacist Uprising in Berlin, Germany, January 1919 (b / w photo)
6033491 Suppression of the communist Spartacist Uprising in Berlin, Germany, January 1919 (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Utilization of confiscated bootleg paraphernalia, 1918-28 (b / w photo)
5954285 Utilization of confiscated bootleg paraphernalia, 1918-28 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Internal Revenue Bureau Chemist G. F. Beyer, 14 January 1920 (b / w photo)
5954277 Internal Revenue Bureau Chemist G.F. Beyer, 14 January 1920 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chemist G. F)

Al Capone, 1929 (b / w photo)
PNP251779 Al Capone, 1929 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947); Chicago Gang Boss; police photo;

Ban on bullfighting in the South of France (colour litho)
2818674 Ban on bullfighting in the South of France (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ban on bullfighting in the South of France)

The tango and the police (colour litho)
2779990 The tango and the police (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tango and the police)

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

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) (b / w photo)
PNP268567 Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) (b/w photo) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist)

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839-98), American Womens Suffragist
AQS336852 Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839-98), American Womens Suffragist, Temperance campaigner and educator (albumen photo) by American Photographer

Man cutting up a bootleggers keg during prohibition era, 1918-28 (b / w photo)
5954286 Man cutting up a bootleggers keg during prohibition era, 1918-28 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt at the White House, 18 February 1925 (b / w photo)
5954280 Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt at the White House, 18 February 1925 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mabel Walker Willebrandt (May 23)

Internal Revenue Bureau Chemist G. F. Beyer, 14 January 1920 (b / w photo)
5954276 Internal Revenue Bureau Chemist G.F. Beyer, 14 January 1920 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Prohibition: A Sobering Era of Crayfish and Controversy" In the early 20th century, a wave of temperance swept across America, giving rise to one of the most notorious periods in history - Prohibition. As we delve into this captivating era, we discover intriguing hints that shed light on its impact. No. Crayfish require these drinks. This peculiar proclamation reminds us that even crustaceans were not spared from the consequences of Prohibition. The ban on alcohol left no stone unturned, affecting every aspect of society. A Swedish anti-Prohibition poster from 1922 captures the sentiment against this movement. It serves as a powerful reminder that opposition to Prohibition was not limited to American shores but resonated globally. Revenue agents with confiscated bootleg liquor at Washington, D. C. , in October 1922 provide a glimpse into the cat-and-mouse game between authorities and those determined to keep spirits flowing during this dry period. These agents fought tirelessly to enforce an unpopular law while facing ingenious methods employed by bootleggers. The image of a Prohibition Ball in 1918 transports us back to an era where clandestine gatherings became symbols of rebellion against restrictive laws. Dancing feet moved rhythmically amidst secret whispers and hidden flasks, defying societal norms. But amidst all the revelry and defiance lies another side – "Is that You, Daddy?" An American cartoon published by the Anti-Saloon League around 1917 highlights children as innocent victims caught in the crossfire of alcohol abuse. It serves as a poignant reminder that behind every bottle there are real lives affected. Fast forward to Greenwich Village after repeal; it's evident how lifting Prohibition brought about profound changes. A scene at a bar showcases jubilant faces raising glasses once again legally – celebrating newfound freedom after years spent thirsting for liberation from prohibitionist policies.