Tag Archives: Prohibition

Saloons and Establishments from Yesteryear

Posted on 1 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ketcham | Yesteryear Gallery Steve Ketcham Early American Bottles, Advertising, and Stoneware www.antiquebottledepot.com Presenting the fifth gallery of vintage pictures from up North as new material has come in from Steve Ketcham. This is a continuation of many other historical picture posts … Continue reading →

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How we Transported our Goods, Beer and Liquor Back Then

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

As you may have noticed of late, I have been developing a number of posts dealing with historical photographs. It started earlier this year with glass houses and factories, boys that worked in glass houses and then moved on to … Continue reading →

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Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part II

Posted on 19 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Drinking Gallery It is time to open the second gallery of vintage drinking pictures as the first galley filled to volume. This is a continuation of Photographs of People Drinking - Part I). If you have any candidates for inclusion, please forward. … Continue reading →

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Bottle Buildings and Automobile Images

Posted on 31 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is an end-of-the-year post capturing some images of buildings and cars with architectural and design aspects tying back to bottles. I just love this kind of stuff. Most of it is gone now, only archived in our memories, in … Continue reading →

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What did the Architect have in mind when Designing this Building?

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Prohibition Champagne: Now the Hard Rock Hotel, the Carbide and Carbon Building was built during the Prohibition in Chicago by Daniel and Hubert Burnham to resemble a champagne bottle with a foil top. While most buildings in Chicago at the … Continue reading →

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