Eyes on Vintage

Showing posts with label prohibition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prohibition. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Vintage Cow Shoes

Cow shoes used by Moonshiners in the Prohibition days to disguise their footprints, 1922
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Prohibition Days

Cow shoes used by Moonshiners in the Prohibition days to disguise their footprints, 1922

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Vintage Photos

The Malamute Saloon was the first saloon to open in Los Angeles after the repeal of prohibition. 1933 
A wine barrel is returned by police to Tony Pazich's cellar during ProhibitionLos Angeles, California, 1929
Source: drx

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Vintage Photo

Prohibition in the 1920s led to gangsters making huge profits selling alcohol in illegal bars.
Source: mafiatoday

Friday, July 20, 2012

Vintage Photo


New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition. Congress passed the "Volstead Act" on October 28, 1919. vintage
Source: 2.bp.blogspot 

Notes: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug.