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  • Al Capone and Prohibition
    Al Capone and Prohibition

    13 Photos

    Learn about the gangster Al Capone and explore the era he lived in through images of prohibition, prisons, gang violence and much more.

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Videos (8)

  • America Goes Dry with Prohibition
    America Goes Dry with Prohibition

    Video Clip (2:35)

    From 1919 to 1933, the manufacture and sale of alcohol is banned in the United States.

    Video Clip (2:35)
  • The Many Moods of Al Capone
    The Many Moods of Al Capone

    Video Clip (2:00)

    There's more than meets the eye to Al Capone, the Prohibition-era leader of organized crime in Chicago.

    Video Clip (2:00)
  • Al Capone's Hangout
    Al Capone's Hangout

    Video Clip (2:29)

    The popular Green Mill Lounge sat above an elaborate maze of tunnels utlized by Al Capone for quick escapes and the transportation of patrons, criminals and booze.

    Video Clip (2:29)
  • Gangster Al Capone Exploits Prohibition
    Gangster Al Capone Exploits Prohibition

    Video Clip (2:41)

    Get a look at how Al Capone and the Mona Lisa club profited by selling bootleg beer.

    Video Clip (2:41)
  • Prohibition Raid
    Prohibition Raid

    Video Clip (0:58)

    Police raid a Chicago garage containing 537 barrels of alcohol during the prohibition era.

    Video Clip (0:58)
  • Bourbon and Moonshiners
    Bourbon and Moonshiners

    Video Clip (3:57)

    Follow the production of Kentucky bourbon from the Beam Family's famous Kentucky Bourbon created in 1795 to the illegal Moonshiners and backwoods stills of the prohibition era, in this video clip from Hands On History.

    Video Clip (3:57)
  • The Birth of Bourbon
    The Birth of Bourbon

    Video Clip (3:45)

    Follow the history of bourbon, and explore the distillation process at the Jim Beam distillery.

    Video Clip (3:45)
  • Bet You Didn't Know: Prohibition
    Bet You Didn't Know: Prohibition

    Video Clip (2:46)

    Did you know it wasn't illegal to drink during Prohibition? Get the whole story behind the "noble experiment."

    Video Clip (2:46)

Read More about Prohibition

In 1920, a constitutional amendment banning the manufacture and sale of liquor ushered in the era known as Prohibition.

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