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Prohibition starting in America in 1920....
Prohibition starting in America in 1920....
Item # 715394
January 20, 1920
THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 20, 1920.
* U.S. prohibition at the beginning
* No more beer or liquor - temperance
* From the city where crime would arise
* Prohibition officially started a few days prior
The front page has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT TO PASS ON DRY LAW'S VALIDITY" with subhead.
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "FEDERAL AGENTS FIND STILLS AND LIQUOR SUPPLIES" with subhead. (see images)
When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of the Prohibition and Great Depression eras, no city is more in the forefront of our minds than Chicago - and what better newspaper can be found than the Chicago Tribune, self-proclaimed to be "The World's Greatest Newspaper"
Complete with 32 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.
* U.S. prohibition at the beginning
* No more beer or liquor - temperance
* From the city where crime would arise
* Prohibition officially started a few days prior
The front page has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT TO PASS ON DRY LAW'S VALIDITY" with subhead.
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "FEDERAL AGENTS FIND STILLS AND LIQUOR SUPPLIES" with subhead. (see images)
When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of the Prohibition and Great Depression eras, no city is more in the forefront of our minds than Chicago - and what better newspaper can be found than the Chicago Tribune, self-proclaimed to be "The World's Greatest Newspaper"
Complete with 32 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.
Category: The 20th Century
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