End of Prohibition

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Title

End of Prohibition

Description

Benjamin DeCasseres, prominent author and "Bon Vivant", about to take the first legal drink upon the ratification of repeal of the 18th Amendment. By arrangement of United Press the moment repeal was signed in Salt Lake City, Utah, it was flashed to a private suite in The Waldorf-Astoria where Mr. DeCasseres is shown to ready to take the first drink.

Contributor

Saucier, Ted

Relation

Photographs | Administrative Records

Format

image | jpeg

Extent

8x10

Medium

black-and-white photographs

Type

StillImage

Identifier

06.03.045

Temporal Coverage

1931 - 1939

Collection

Citation

“End of Prohibition,” Host to the World, accessed March 28, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/192.