Feb 15, 2018 - Sale 2466

Sale 2466 - Lot 267

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(PROHIBITION)
A group of 40 photographs depicting temperance activities and bar interiors.
Including patrons of speakeasies and pubs; federal agents confiscating beer, wine, and spirits; and rallies both for and against anti-alcohol legislation. Silver prints (40), the images measuring approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x35.4 cm.), and the reverse, and half slightly smaller, each with various press agency labels, hand stamps, and notations, in pencil and ink, on verso. 1920s-30s; some printed later

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