Prohibition, Detroit, Michigan

This series of photographs including a picture of the headline from the Detroit News December 1933, when Prohibition ended, and labeled photographs of "Rum Runners". 

The views include Riopelle Street, Police Boats, the Detroit River looking from Windsor towards Detroit, and a woman with whiskey under a dress.

The exact locations, dates of photographs and names of persons in the photographs are unknown.

Prohibition

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1919/1933

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