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Prohibition, Speakeasy Peephole, 1930's

Editorial use only . A patron knocks at the door of a speakeasy. Note peephole in the door. A peephole allowed people inside the security of seeing outside without opening the door. Speakeasies were numerous and popular during the Prohibition years. Some of them were operated by people who were part of organized crime. Even though police and agents of the Bureau of Prohibition would often raid them and arrest their owners and patrons, they were so profitable that they continued to flourish. The speakeasy soon become one of the biggest parts of American culture during this time. Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide Constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. Nationwide Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, on December 5, 1933.
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Prohibition, Speakeasy Peephole, 1930's
Editorial use only . A patron knocks at the door of a speakeasy. Note peephole in the door. A peephole allowed people inside the security of seeing outside without opening the door. Speakeasies were numerous and popular during the Prohibition years. Some of them were operated by people who were part of organized crime. Even though police and agents of the Bureau of Prohibition would often raid them and arrest their owners and patrons, they were so profitable that they continued to flourish. The speakeasy soon become one of the biggest parts of American culture during this time. Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide Constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. Nationwide Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, on December 5, 1933.
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3331 x 3600 px | 34.3 MB
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28.2 x 30.5 cm | 11.1 x 12.0 in (300 dpi)
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