For you fruit jar fans -- a photo of cases of Ball jars confiscated as "bootleg paraphernalia" during Prohibition. (Click to enlarge)
Photo from the Library of Congress (here). [HT to Shorpy "Always Something Interesting"]
Here's another photo of jars along with a confiscated bootleg still.
We all know what a fascinating subject Prohibition is. Plenty of info available.
- 1920s' PROHIBITION on vintageperiods.com
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition
- Ken Burns' brilliant PBS documentary "Prohibition"
- And so much more: 41 million Google search results for Prohibition
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