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.
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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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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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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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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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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18.05.1932 - Men throw bottles with alcohol against a house wall in a backyard in New London. [XPAEXPORTID000004]
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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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