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Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
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Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze

    From 1920 to 1933, the US government issued a nationwide constitutional ban on alcohol
    The ban increased the illegal production and sale of liquor and the proliferation of speakeasies
    In 1933, Congress repealed the 18th Amendment and brought the Prohibition Era to a close
    A collection of photographs from the time were colorized by British expert Tom Marshall
    Marshall's images show 'Prohibition agents' and people taking part in illicit alcohol consumption
By Kelly Mclaughlin For Mailonline
Published: 06:14 EDT, 13 March 2017 | Updated: 09:24 EDT, 13 March 2017

Scenes from the Prohibition Era have been dramatically brought back to life in a series of newly colorized photographs.

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In 1933, Congress repealed the 18th Amendment and brought the Prohibition Era to a close.


From 1920 to 1933, the US government issued a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. Now, British colorization expert Tom Marshall, has taken originally black-and-white photos from the era and brought them back to life in full color. Pictured above, New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4308310/Photos-Prohibition-bring-bootleggers-life.html#ixzz4bDP5NTYO
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2017, 01:45:04 pm »
Very interesting! My husband had relatives who made and sold illegal beverages back then, including a grandfather. They all were Serbian immigrants from Austria-Hungary (Croatia) who settled in an Ohio Valley steel town.
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2017, 04:23:07 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on March 23, 2017, 01:45:04 pm
Very interesting! My husband had relatives who made and sold illegal beverages back then, including a grandfather. They all were Serbian immigrants from Austria-Hungary (Croatia) who settled in an Ohio Valley steel town.
Yeah, I know of an irish Catholic guy that was big into that, he bought his kids a presidency and senate seat with the profits.
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 07:44:11 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on March 24, 2017, 04:23:07 pm
Yeah, I know of an irish Catholic guy that was big into that, he bought his kids a presidency and senate seat with the profits.
Papa Joe made a heck of a lot more money at it than my husband's relatives, I'm sure.
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2017, 07:50:44 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on March 23, 2017, 01:45:04 pm
Very interesting! My husband had relatives who made and sold illegal beverages back then, including a grandfather. They all were Serbian immigrants from Austria-Hungary (Croatia) who settled in an Ohio Valley steel town.

My great grandfather was a diver who worked for the purple gang. They used to hide booze on the hulls of boats crossing the Detroit river and my great grandfather retrieved it.
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2017, 07:55:48 pm »
I guess the B/W images didn't show this?
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 09:14:07 pm »
Color photos are more vivid and true to life. I like seeing the colorized scenes.
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2017, 09:33:40 pm »
Fascinating.

Some of those women fighting against Prohibition look like they belong in the WCTU.  ^-^
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Re: Bringing the bootleggers back to life: Colorized photographs from the Prohibition Era show the lengths Americans went to keep their booze
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