Hoisting a Few in the Basement Speakeasy
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
It’s tax day. Here’s a photo of men drinking illegally and gambling. Cheers!
“Dallas voted for Prohibition October 1917 — but it didn’t go dry, as this workingman’s speakeasy (a word not developed then) shows. One sign assures drinkers ‘No Neer Beer Served.’ This is a basement of some downtown building, address unknown.”
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Photo and caption from Dallas, The Deciding Years by A. C. Greene (Austin: Encino Press, 1973).
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Copyright © 2014 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
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