1922 American prohibition - An old photograph showing the authorities Hanging up a poster advising a building is being closed for breaching the National Prohibition Act. Prohibition in the United States constituted a virtual nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. It lasted from 1920 to 1933.

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