Drink Up gifts-50-100 by Valerie Monroe and Sydney

by Valerie Monroe and Sydney Stern

Despite how far technology has come

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The New Yorker and The Guardian

the sailors were riding the Staten Island Ferry

Drink Up gifts-50-100 by Valerie Monroe and SydneyAmericans in Paris celebrate in a two fisted manner the repeal of Prohibition in their homeland in this photo taken on Dec. 21, 1933. The 21st Amendment was ratified two weeks earlier, ending 13 years of Prohibition, the increasingly unpopular ban on alcohol. Eight months earlier, on April 7, 1933, beer was legalized, effectively bringing back the good old days for drinkers. The front page of The New York Times described scenes of celebration, with