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SZ Photo - Pro­hi­bi­tion in the USA 1919 - 1933

In the USA, there was a ban on sale, production and transportation of alcohol from 1919 until 1933. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Smuggling Alcohol In Pig Carcasses

01.01.1930 - Alcohol prohibition in the United States. This photo shows how slaughtered pigs were used by alcohol smugglers to evade police checkpoints, so their alcohol could be spread all ove...
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Destructing the alcohol at the time of the Prohibition in New York, 1926

01.01.1926 - Confiscation and destruction of the alcohol shipments by the U.S. authorities. The contents of the boxes - whiskey, champagne and other alcoholic beverages - worth several thousand...
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Destructing the alcohol at the time of the Prohibition, 1926

01.01.1926 - Destruction of the confiscated alcohol barrels excavated by the police in an illicit still. Swill was often involved, this life-endangering drink affected the health and life of th...
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Destructing the alcohol at the time of the Prohibition, 1927

01.01.1927 - Sheriff Anderson from Knox County allows the pouring out of alcohol valued at more than $ 40,000. 3000 gallons of whiskey and 38 stills have been destroyed this way in a prison yar...
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Protest march of union members at the time of the Prohibition in Newark, 1931

30.10.1931 - More than 1,500 union members march through the Broad Street in Newark and demonstrate against the prohibition. On the protest posters stands their demand: 'We want beer'. About 20...
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Destroying bottles of alcohol during the time of Prohibition in the USA, 1932

18.05.1932 - Men throw bottles with alcohol against a house wall in a backyard in New London. [XPAEXPORTID000004]
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Lifting of a distillery during the Prohibition in the United States, 1932

01.01.1932 - A posed recording shows how a government official lifts an illegal distillery in the mountains of South Carolina. [XPAEXPORTID000004]
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Smuggling Alcohol In Pig Carcasses
Destructing the alcohol at the time of the Prohibition, 1927
Lifting of a distillery during the Prohibition in the United States, 1932
Destructing the alcohol at the time of the Prohibition in New York, 1926
Protest march of union members at the time of the Prohibition in Newark, 1931
Destructing the alcohol at the time of the Prohibition, 1926
Destroying bottles of alcohol during the time of Prohibition in the USA, 1932

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