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Prohibition, Flapper Flask Fashion

Woman putting flask in her Russian boot. Flappers were a "new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms. Prohibition in the US was a nationwide Constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. Prohibition was mandated under the 18th Amendment to the US. Constitution. Enabling legislation, known as the Volstead Act, set down the rules for enforcing the ban and defined the types of alcoholic beverages that were prohibited. Nationwide Prohibition ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment, on December 5, 1933. National Photo Company Collection, January 22, 1922.
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Prohibition, Flapper Flask Fashion
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Woman putting flask in her Russian boot. Flappers were a "new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms. Prohibition in the US was a nationwide Constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. Prohibition was mandated under the 18th Amendment to the US. Constitution. Enabling legislation, known as the Volstead Act, set down the rules for enforcing the ban and defined the types of alcoholic beverages that were prohibited. Nationwide Prohibition ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment, on December 5, 1933. National Photo Company Collection, January 22, 1922.
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3000 x 5118 px | 43.9 MB
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25.4 x 43.3 cm | 10.0 x 17.1 in (300 dpi)
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