The end of prohibition- picture of the day

A joyous crowd celebrate the end of prohibition on Broadway, New York on 5th December 1933. The eventual adoption of the 21st Amendment marked the repeal of the Volstead Act and the end of the 13-year ban on the production and sale of alcohol in the country. The largely unpopular law led to a rise in organised crime, corruption amongst public officials and the criminalisation of large parts of the country's population
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