From 1920 to 1933, the US government issued a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
The ban increased the illegal production and sale of liquor, known as bootlegging, and the proliferation of speakeasies, or illegal drinking locations.
In 1933, Congress repealed the 18th Amendment and brought the Prohibition Era to a close.
The originally black-and-white photographs, shared by Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, DC, were colorized by British colorization expert Tom Marshall.
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You would think that after this bill was a total disaster on trying to regulate a "Drug", the government would have seen that trying to outlaw things that the public wants is stupid, and a big waste of money.
Legalize Drugs, and tax them, Legalize Prostitution and regulate it, the criminalization of these vices isn't working!
They're spilling beer faster than an SU tailgate party!!
Nobody's bringing those boys back to life.
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