20 photos from the days of prohibition

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Categories: History | North America

Prohibition started in 1920, when the so-called the Volstead act came into force. The 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of "intoxicating liquors", approved January 16, 1919, and to monitor the implementation of this amendment was the Volstead act. America sobered up... reluctantly, and almost with tears in his eyes. Attention! On these historical frames of liters of alcohol poured in the sewers, so the faint of heart please do not watch!

20 photos from the days of prohibition

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Police confiscated the alcohol decanted into the sewer in new York. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Advertising on the storefront announces "time is reduced, as our reserves..." Dry law takes effect. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Barrels of booze poured down the drains. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Like that, and a whiskey distillery near Detroit came to an end. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Liters of wine are poured through the streets of Los Angeles. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Smugglers drink they came up with various options to circumvent the law. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

And these brave women prove that not all the smugglers were men. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

During prohibition Americans had to hide their bottles of alcohol in the most creative ways. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

To avoid penalties, the smugglers had established his business in the woods. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

The officers of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, pour confiscated alcohol down the drain. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Needless to say that the dry law is not particularly popular. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Demonstration in new York on 10 November 1932, calling for an end to prohibition. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Customs officers confiscated a large quantity of alcohol from a boat of smugglers. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

These protesters even resorted to quotations from the Bible to reach out to governments. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

And at this party prohibition obviously didn't work. Just hush! (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

"The club Krazy kat" was a drawing school, a tree house and an illegal bar in Washington. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Police closes illegal liquor factory in king County, Washington. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

The agents confiscated boxes of booze during a RAID. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Farewell to the 18th amendment! The alcohol prohibition is over. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Two employees of the new York brewery beer clean off the tank, that was empty during the dry law, 23 November 1932. Factories working again after the abolition of the 18th amendment. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

Keywords: Alcohol | Prohibition | Sewer

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