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Kentucky Stills
3:45
Sylvester Mather talks about his father, Frank's tragic career as a Prohibition agent.
Capitol Bootlegging
2:15
Paul Ward was a D.C. Bootlegger whose business took him into the Capital Building.
Wayne Wheeler
5:02
Wayne Wheeler was the general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League.
Margot Loines Wilkie: On Dating
0:43
Margot Loines Wilkie discusses the changing sexual mores of the 1920's.
America, A Multi-Ethnic Nation
9:14
More folks lived in cities then the country in the beginning of the 20th century.
The Time is Now
13:20
With the passage of the 16th Amendment, the Goverment no longer needed taxes from Alcohol
Whispering Wires
9:35
Roy Olmstead is caught in a wiretapping sting and sentenced to four years hard labor.
Neal Dow
2:49
An early prohibitionist, he was the wealthy mayor of Portland, Maine.
The Goons
7:45
With the Volstead Act, ordinary criminals became wealthy selling illegal alcohol.
A Genuine American
12:39
The 1928 Presidental election was a bitter battle of dirty politics directed at Al Smith.
Lois Long
7:44
Lois Long, pen-name 'Lipstick,' wrote about speakeasies for the New Yorker.
Last Call
5:03
January 16, 1920 the 18th Amendment came into effect.
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