Beer Suppliers on the Eve of ProhibitionLife got a lot less high for Milwaukee brewers with the start of national Prohibition in 1919. Zahringer Malt Products had stacks of malt that nearly touched the ceiling in 1919. Many Milwaukeeans dealt with Prohibition by trying to brew their own beer at home. The library couldn’t keep up with demand for do-it-yourself brewing books. via: “Remember When … ” collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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Beer Suppliers on the Eve of Prohibition
Life got a lot less high for Milwaukee brewers with the start of national Prohibition in 1919. Zahringer Malt Products had stacks of malt that nearly touched the ceiling in 1919. Many Milwaukeeans dealt with Prohibition by trying to brew their own beer at home. The library couldn’t keep up with demand for do-it-yourself brewing books.

via: “Remember When … ” collection, Milwaukee Public Library

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Revelers celebrate the end of Prohibition, 1933. This unidentified group of drinkers celebrated the repeal of Prohibition by posing for a photo in which they burned a sign reading “In Compliance With The 18th Amendment, No Intoxicating Liquor Allowed On The Premises.” Photograph by Frank Scherschel. via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-9426, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Revelers celebrate the end of Prohibition, 1933.

This unidentified group of drinkers celebrated the repeal of Prohibition by posing for a photo in which they burned a sign reading “In Compliance With The 18th Amendment, No Intoxicating Liquor Allowed On The Premises.” Photograph by Frank Scherschel.

via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-9426, Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin, to the average American unacquainted with actual conditions therein, is commonly regarded as a Gibraltar of the wets—sort of a Utopia where everyone drinks their fill and John Barleycorn still holds forth in splendor.

—Frank Buckley of the Bureau of Prohibition, reporting on Prohibition enforcement in Wisconsin, 1929

via: Frank Buckley, “Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws: Official Records of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: A Prohibition Survey of the State of Wisconsin.” Turning Points in Wisconsin History, Wisconsin Historical Society

Campaign flyer to ratify the Prohibition Amendment, Madison, Wisconsin, 1919. On this day in 1933, the 21st amendment was ratified, repealing nearly 15 years of Prohibition in the United States. Prohibition was a hotly contended issue in Wisconsin—“drys” and “wets” argued fervently for and against the ban on alcohol.  via: Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Campaign flyer to ratify the Prohibition Amendment, Madison, Wisconsin, 1919.

On this day in 1933, the 21st amendment was ratified, repealing nearly 15 years of Prohibition in the United States. Prohibition was a hotly contended issue in Wisconsin—“drys” and “wets” argued fervently for and against the ban on alcohol. 

via: Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles, Wisconsin Historical Society

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