Here's What Prohibition Repeal Looked Like In NYC
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"April 3rd, 1933: Workmen unloading crates of beer stacked at a New York brewery shortly after the repeal of prohibition. The repeal of prohibition was a key policy of Franklin Roosevelt's government as it allowed the government an opportunity to raise tax revenues at a time of economic hardship."
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"April 14th, 1933: A huge queue outside the Board of Health offices in Centre Street, New York, for licences to sell alcohol shortly after the repeal of prohibition. The repeal of prohibition was a key policy of Franklin Roosevelt's government as it allowed the government an opportunity to raise tax revenues at a time of economic hardship."
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New York celebrates with quiet restraint.
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