Speakeasies--Michigan--Detroit

Subject Focus: The Windsor-Detroit Funnel: Prohibition in Detroit

teller — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 10:32:35 -0500

December 5th is Repeal Day, celebrating the end of Prohibition in the United States in 1933.

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed in 1919, prohibiting the sale, consumption, and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. The National Prohibition Act (also known as the Volstead Act), defined what constituted an illegal alcoholic beverage read more »

(27856) Prohibition, Blind Pigs, College of the City of Detroit, 1932

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:24 -0500

Members of the "Clean-up squad" relax after a raid on the "Oasis" at the College of the City of Detroit.

Left to right: Leo Sonner, Charles Russell, Sgt. George P. Frank, and Louis Paquette

(27834) Prohibition, Raids, Speakeasies, Detroit, 1920s

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:22 -0500

Officers raid a supposed speakeasy in search of alcohol.

(27835) Prohibition, Enforcement, Raids, Detroit, 1920s

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:22 -0500

Officers pose with a cache of alcohol captured during a raid. In the background is a large pile of suitcases, presumably used to transport the contraband throughout Detroit.

(27836) Prohibition, Enforcement, Raids, Detroit, 1920s

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:22 -0500

Officers admire a cache of alcohol captured during a raid. At right are a pile of suitcases, presumably used to transport the contraband throughout Detroit.

(27845) Prohibition, Padlocking, Speakeasies, Detroit, 1920s

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:23 -0500

An exterior view of Einheuser's Cafe, padlocked after a raid by Prohibition agents.

(27858) Prohibition, Blind Pigs, Detroit, 1931

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:24 -0500

An interior view of a blind pig located at 932 E. Columbia, near the corner Randolph in downtown Detroit.

(27859) Prohibition, Blind Pigs, Detroit, 1930

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:24 -0500

Lines form outside of a blind pig located at 932 E. Columbia on the corner of Randolph in downtown Detroit.

(27860) Prohibition, Blind Pigs, Detroit, 1930

eclemens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:25 -0500

A blind pig, located at 12471 Grand River, is hidden within a collection of businesses that includes an animal hospital, a storefront Church of God, and the Pinehurst Laundry.