Blog posts by Halley Choiniere

Repeal Day is Here!

Halley Choiniere

[Inebriate’s Home, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn], May 24, 1894, v1973.5.2440; Brooklyn photograph and illustration collection, ARC.202; Brooklyn Historical Society.
If you are wondering what to do this evening, you should plan to celebrate Repeal Day!  On December 5, 1933 Prohibition ended and the nation was given permission to legally distill, distribute, and consume alcohol. For a more detailed history, see the Photo of the Week blog posts from December 2010 and December 2012.The stately building pictured in May of 1894 is the…