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Tag: Prohibition

Photo: the Northern Club on Freemont Street Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections.

Christmas Spirits Ran High in Las Vegas During Prohibition, Part II

By Melissa Berry on December 18, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry finishes her story about how Las Vegas had Christmas spirits in 1919, though it was Prohibition and the city was supposedly dry... (Read More)

Photo: the Northern Club on Freemont Street Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections.

Christmas Spirits Ran High in Las Vegas During Prohibition, Part I

By Melissa Berry on December 17, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry tells how Las Vegas had a festive Christmas in 1919, even though Prohibition was beginning and the town was supposedly dry... (Read More)

Photo: a police liquor raid at Elk Lake, Ontario, Canada, c. 1925. Credit: Archives of Ontario, C.H.J. Snider fonds, Reference Code F 1194 S 15000, I0015265.

Captain Eddie and the Rum Runners

By Melissa Berry on May 18, 2020

An article about Salisbury, Massachusetts, Police Chief Harold Congdon and the illegal rum-running operation he ran... (Read More)

Photo: removal of liquor during prohibition. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Volstead Act Begins the Disastrous Era of Prohibition

By Tony Pettinato on October 28, 2016

An article about Congress passing the Volstead Act on 28 October 1919, making Prohibition the law of the land... (Read More)


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