First Load at Copley Plaza


First Load at Copley Plaza

Item Information

Title:
First Load at Copley Plaza
Description:
The prohibition of the sale and consumption of alcohol did little to change behavior and resulted in increased criminality to meet the continued demand. Within five years of its passage, a new national campaign to repeal the 18th Amendment was underway. Again, a state-by-state strategy was pursued as the voters cast their ballots in favor of the 21st Amendment. Once passed, alcohol could now be legally unloaded at Boston’s Copley Plaza Hotel as these joyful workers demonstrate.
Date:
1933
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Print Department Collection
Subjects:
Prohibition--Massachusetts--Boston
Places:
MassachusettsSuffolk (county)Boston
Extent:
1 photograph
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston (Mass.) : Boston Herald
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "America Votes: Mapping the Political Landscape" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2012.
Identifier:
06_01_004364