#volstead act

December 4, 1933 was the eve of the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Here, Bunny Swanson, embodying the Spirit of Repeal, assists happy art student "mourners" in stowing away an effigy of Prohibition during a ceremony at the Art Students League. This was followed by a processional along Fifth Avenue, where the "remains" were escorted to a ballroom of a hotel, to lie in state during the League's Repeal Ball and Revel the following evening.

Act of October 28, 1919 [Volstead Act]

Record Group 11: General Records of the United States GovernmentSeries: Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress

On January 23, 1923, prohibition agents thought they'd hit the jackpot at Luigi's in the Village when they seized $60,000 worth of liquor (around a million in today's dollars). But Luigi walked, having proved that the booze was "pre-Volstead stuff."

Ring Out the Old

Ringing in the New Year (photo: adventuresinatlanta.com) With so much of 2021 a blur of life disruption and quarantine, lets look back 100 years to see how our grandparents and great-grandparents dealt with one of THE social gatherings of the day, New Years! … One notable event was the implementation of the 18th Amendment in 1919. The amendment prohibited the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic…