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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Prohibition propaganda button stating “Bread Not Beer,” circa 1918.

A Prohibition propaganda button stating “Bread Not Beer,” circa 1918.

Citation Information: “Bread not Beer button,” Digital Public Library of America, http://dp.la/item/545825d1cd485b69fc17e8f4be3c070c.

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A Prohibition propaganda button stating “Bread Not Beer,” circa 1918.

A Thompson sub-machine gun, circa 1930.

A photograph of Prohibition Dry Squad members, 1919.

A wrecked 1922 model Chevrolet coach carrying 26 half-gallons of whiskey, 23 December 1923.

A photograph of the mob gathering at the scene of the assassination of Al Capone’s advisor, Tony Lombardo, 7 September 1928.

A photograph of the gangster Al Capone and Chicago Commissioner of Detectives John Stege, 1930.

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