Prohibition Agents Destroying a Bar

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Description

After the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages became illegal in the United States. Prohibition agents often used force to stop the sale of alcohol in clandestine bars or “speakeasies.” Prohibition lasted from 1920 until 1933, when the 18th Amendment was repealed.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.

National Archives Identifier: 595674

Full Citation: 306-NT-727-16; Photograph of Prohibition Agents Destroying a Bar; ca. 1920-1933; Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1954–ca. 1956; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/prohibition-agents-destroying-bar/, April 1, 2026]

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