In 1896 Augustus H. Heisey, a German immigrant, founded A. H. Heisey Co. in Newark, Ohio. The company produced high quality, hand made glassware that was sold throughout the country until the company closed at...
CB 1 - 1995 Membership Stein: "Clydesdales at the Bauernhof" This inaugural year lidded stein is 7 1/2" tall and was made in Brazil by Ceramarte. Features the Budweiser® hitch as it storms out of the...
Because the activity of distilling illegal whiskey was usually done at night under the light of the moon, the word became both a verb, meaning making the liquor, and a noun, meaning the liquor that was...
A chronicle of the far-reaching social consequences of Prohibition, which polarized the country and spawned new threads of both organized crime and grass-roots "moral" activism. Features profiles of key players like George Remus, Carry Nation, and Al...
Explores the impact on American society and history of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, which prohibited any use of alcohol except for religious or medicinal purposes.