prohibition in 1920 s

In the art pen at Ellis Island - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows several artists identified as "Lawrence, Gainsborough, D. Teniers, Rubens, Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian, Duerer, Velasquez, Van Dyke, Reni", and the friar Girolamo Savonarola as "S", being held ... More

The state blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans

Print shows the interior of a blacksmith's shop with Lord Mansfield forging the links to a chain, Lord North standing to the left holding lorgnette and, in his right hand, a paper "An act for prohibiting all tr... More

Abolition frowned down. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A satire on enforcement of the "gag-rule" in the House of Representatives, prohibiting discussion of the question of slavery. Growing antislavery sentiment in the North coincided with increased resentment by so... More

Whig harmony - Political cartoon, public domain image

A severe split within the Whig ranks, between partisans of Henry Clay and those of Zachary Taylor, preceded the party's convention in June 1848. Here Horace Greeley, one of Clay's most influential northern supp... More

Smoking him out - Political cartoon, public domain image

A humorous commentary on Barnburner Democrat Martin Van Buren's opposition to regular Democratic party nominee Lewis Cass. Van Buren and his son John were active in the Free Soil effort to prevent the extensio... More

Loco Foco candidates travelling, on the canel system

Several prospective Democratic presidential candidates travel along a canal in the "Salt River Barge," named after the proverbial river of political defeat. The passengers are (left to right): Lewis Cass, secre... More

Congressional surgery. Legislative quackery, Political Cartoon

A rare anti-North satire, probably dealing with either the Crittenden Compromise or the Douglas Compromise. Proposed in December 1860 in the form of several constitutional amendments, the former called for rest... More

The political quadrille. Music by Dred Scott

A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that ne... More

Key to Powell & Co's. photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin ...

Key to composite photograph with list of names identifying legislators who voted to abolish slavery.

Woman's holy war. Grand charge on the enemy's works

The "Holy War" was the nineteenth-century crusade for temperance and prohibition, whose advocates were predominantly clergymen and women. Here a young woman in armor on a black horse leads a group of similarly ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Little but ambitious party: if they had only let him alone, I would ha...

"Legislature, Albany" on sign; "prohibition" on sword; man in chains possibly James Blaine; Cf. CA1-A-Rogers 8. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Co... More

National Prohibition Convention, 1892

Copyright by Barnum & Cumback, Indianapolis, Indiana. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indiana Indianapolis; Conventions 1892; Photog. Index; Prohibition; Shelf.

Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.

Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad", "Populism", "Prohibition Foolishness", "Women's Rights Nonsense", an... More

Uncle Sam's "crazes" past and present / F. Opper.

Print shows a vignette cartoon depicting the current "craze" for "Free Silver", showing Uncle Sam riding a silver rocking horse, and participating in several fads "Past and Present", such as the "Blue Glass Cra... More

National Prohibition Park, Westerleigh, borough of Richmond, Staten Is...

Aerial view to horizon. Existing buildings and residences shown pictorially. Relief shown by landform drawings. Contains cadastral map of National Prohibition Park residential subdivision showing new streets, t... More

New prohibition law asked for Alaska. Washington D.C. Consumption of l...

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The lesson of the President's journey / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows representatives of the "Democratic, Republican, Populist, [and] Prohibition" parties carrying a larger-than-life-sized President McKinley on a sedan chair, and waving their hats as a show of ... More

President McKinley taking the oath /

"This film records President McKinley taking the oath of office. The first camera position shows the seating arrangements prepared for the spectators and witnesses on the steps of the Capitol. At the time the f... More

A needed change in the Senatorial lobby / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Candidate for Senate" holding wads of cash, standing in front of a sign that states "Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited", nearby the "Senatorial Box ... More

Panorama of beach and Cliff House /

This film is an afternoon panorama of weekend crowds at the north end of Ocean Beach, the western shore of San Francisco near the famed Cliff House. The film postdates the nearby Dutch Windmill (1902) and preda... More

A question of duty / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing next to Uncle Sam who is sitting on a stool in a "U.S. Custom House", Roosevelt has his left hand on Sam's right arm and he is gesturing to the left, tow... More

Said prohibition Maine to prohibition Georgia: "Here's looking at you"...

Illustration shows two men, one labeled "Georgia" and the other labeled "Maine", both are holding bottles, one labeled "Orange Phosphate" and the other labeled "Cold Tea" which contain alcohol; their pockets ar... More

Puck magazine cover - "Marching through Georgia" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a group of men and women marching under such banners as "The Lips That Touch Corn Likker Shall Never Touch Ourn", "W.C.T.U.", and "Carrie Nation Cadets", with one man carrying a small barrel ... More

The lost child / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows six policemen labeled "Chafin, Taft, Debs, Watson, Hisgen, [and] Bryan" gathering around a young boy labeled "Reactionary Voter" standing on "Radical Ave.", who appears confused by all the po... More

Truck loads of beer enroute to Chicago, which were waylaid and capture...

Six men holding bottles of beer. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Copyright by Press Illustrating Service, New York.

The closed canteen and the open dive / Keppler.

Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Prohibition" and holding an umbrella labeled "Intolerance", standing between two sluices that power waterwheels; she is holding a board in the shape of the U.S. Capitol ... More

Our merchant marine, the Rip Van Winkle of the sea / Kep.

Illustration shows Rip Van Winkle, his beard long and his clothes tattered, asleep near an abandoned ship building yard, an overturned jug labeled "High Protective Tariff" at his side and a sign behind him that... More

Keep off! Monroe doctrine - Drawing. Public domain image.

Uncle Sam, having spotted a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat fishing in a prohibited area of the Mexican coast, confronts him. He lifts the hat off the head of a Japanese soldier who is fishing with a rifle and ... More

[Golden Jubilee and fifteenth annual convention, the Anti-Saloon Leagu...

J187828 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Cleveland, O. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Image duplicates LOT 5599, panorama no. 2, title information varies. Copyright deposit; Th... More

Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, Ri...

On front: "By Thomas Sparrow, Panoramic Photographer, 7903 Decker Ave., Cleveland, O., for W. W. Foster, Richmond, Va." Gift; Ed J. Richardson; October 26, 1951.

The kidnappers / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the "G.O.P."); around this image are vignette scenes showi... More

Francis E. Baldwin - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Francis E. Baldwin (1859-1930), a Prohibition candidate for president in 1916 from Elmira, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Florence S. Hyde - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Florence S. Hyde who was secretary of the National Woman's Prohibition Federation. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

The genii of intolerance A dangerous ally for the cause of women suffr...

Cartoon showing a genii "Prohibition" rising from a bottle labeled "Injustice Intolera[nce] Hypocr[isy]" tearing at a woman's banner reading "Votes for Women" as the woman flees from his clutches.

Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Proh...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Elsie Hill, standing in the back seat of an automobile that is parked at curb, speaking to a crowd of people (mostly men} standing on a sidewalk, on a street ... More

National Conference, World Wide Prohibition, Columbus, O., Nov. 19th-2...

Gift; Ed J. Richardson; October 26, 1951. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Whiskey - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a box on his head. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Across! / Orr. - An open book with a drawing of a man sitting on a ben...

An old woman "Eliza Prohibition", carrying a baby "Constitutional Amendment", hops across ice floes labeled after U.S. states towards solid ground "Ratification"; in the background three dogs "brewer", "distill... More

Amer. Fed. of Labor, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919

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Amer. Fed. Labor, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919

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[Interior of a crowded bar moments before midnight, June 30, 1919, whe...

International Newsphotograph. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Amer. Fed. of Labor Prohibition Demonstration, June 14, 1919

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Amer. Fed. of Labor, Prohibition demonstration, June 14, 1919

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[The sacred cider grove] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon of a gentleman on horseback at the gate of an apple orchard, talking and laughing with an old, bearded laborer. No copyright information found with item. Published caption reads: "Are those good eating ... More

[Woman seated at a soda fountain table is pouring alcohol into a cup f...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

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Prohibition Unit (Cow Shoes), 6/28/24

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A Pair of "bootlegs" found in the office of Lincoln C. Andrews?

Miss Hattie Klawans, clerk in the office of the prohibition czar, wearing her new Russian boots. National Photo Company Collection.

Treasury, Internal Reverend Chemist G.F. Beyer

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Telling the corpse he's dead / Dennis McCarthy.

An old man wearing a top hat "Prohibition", reads a broadsheet "Supreme Court Decision" while standing before a tombstone covered with cobwebs; the Supreme Court ruled against a New Jersey state law legalizing ... More

[Cases of confiscated(?) liquor stacked in corner of room with barred ...

National Photo Co. Collection.

[Two men standing outdoors with small still, one of them holding up bo...

National Photo Co. Collection. No. 3235.

Masked criminal at the grave of John Barleycorn

Holding a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, the criminal shoots at a fleeing pilgrim. He stands next to Barleycorn's tombstone embellished with skull and cross bones. Inscribed on the tombstone: Hic Ja... More

[Cases of whiskey confiscated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau]

[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watchi...

Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug. Photo was marked with a grease pencil during editing for publication. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Co... More

Zion City, Ill., destroys 80,000 pint bottles of beer

W. Hurd Clendinen (or Clendenin?), mayor of Zion City, pouring away two bottles of beer.

[African American man carrying a case of "Four Roses" whiskey on his s...

National Photo Co., no. 4502. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Zion City, Ill., destroys 80,000 pint bottles of beer

Mrs. Graze Knippen of Zion City holding up bottle of beer as she helps get rid of the beer. National Photo Co. Collection. Copyrighted by Press Illustrating Service, N.Y.

[Barrels of confiscated(?) liquor in building]

National Photo Company Collection.

Anti Prohibition group, 1/21/24

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bottles and barrel of confiscated whiskey]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two men of the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau(?) carrying packages of c...

No. 4501. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Men standing in warehouse with cases of confiscated(?) liquor]

National Photo Co. Collection. No. 4501.

The "Hooch hound" in action, National Photo Company, Washington DC

Man seated on pier, with pipe in his mouth, fishing on the Potomac River, as dog trained to detect liquor takes a bottle from his back pocket. National Photo Company Collection. No. 17650.

The Largest still in captivity, National Photo Company, Washington DC

Lt. O.T. Davis, Sergt. J.D. McQuade, George Fowler of Internal Revenue Service and H.G. Bauer with the largest still ever taken in the national capitol and bottles of liquor. National Photo Company Collection. No. 21285.

[Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissi...

No. 17649. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Policeman standing alongside wrecked car and cases of moonshine]

Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman putting flask in her Russian boot, Washington, D.C.]

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After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ......

National Photo Company Collection. No. 18491. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Com... More

[...] to the Internat'l convention held in [Canada?] Left to right: Dr...

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Prohibition Vote, 2/3/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Ruben B. Sams, New Provincial Prohibition Chief of Eastern Pennsylvani...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prohibition officers raiding the lunch room of 922 Pennsylvania Ave., ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Test vote on prohibition taken in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 1923]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

[Girls counting prohibition vote taken by National Liberal Alliance, W...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

A Consignment recently received from Philadelphia., Pennsylvania 749 c...

Nine men smashing bottles in dump. Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prohibition Unit (Cow Shoes), 6/28/24

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Remains of a borrowed Stutz touring car after running into a tree at s...

No. 31605. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Putting a kick in the staid old Schuylkill here go a few barrels of be...

Photograph shows Public Safety Director, Smedley D. "Duckboards" Butler, destroying kegs of beer with an axe.

W.A. Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector, 9/5/25

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Prohibition chiefs testify before Ways and Means Committee of the Hous...

Asst. Secretary of the Treasury and prohibition czar Lincoln C. Andrews and the Commissioner of Prohibition, Roy C. Haynes outside of the House of Representatives. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

E.C. Yellowly, Chief of general prohibition agents, 8/18/25

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U.S. Chamber attacks Labor Act at Capitol. Washington, D.C., June 26. ...

A black and white photo of a man reading a paper. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women from New Jersey at Capitol to prohibition hearing, 4/12/26

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Delegation of Maryland women at Capitol on prohibition hearing

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[Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia, a leader of the drys, st...

The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed in the 1850s. Th... More

[Representative John Phillip Hill of Maryland ... determined...to keep...

Man pouring water from water can onto globe. National Photo Company Collection. No. 27947

Stop when you see this sign. This is the new insignia plate the Bureau...

A couple of men standing next to a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman holding poster "Abolish Prohibition!"]

A woman in a dress holding up a poster. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group: Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform]

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[Women and ballot box: Women's Organization for National Prohibition R...

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Bishop Cannon and Women Drys. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., Generalissimo ...

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Prominent society women to lead women's wet organization for next year...

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Mrs. Brown at Child Labor hearing. Washington, D.C., May 20. Mrs. La R...

A woman sitting at a table with a pen and paper. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil executive predicts suffocated marketing competition if Gillette bi...

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Movie star before senate committee. Washington, D.C., April 3. The S.R...

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