Thursday, January 17, 2013

Al Capone's Cell

williamsport pa photographer, ralph wilson
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pa.
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes," was ratified on this day in 1920. Bootlegging was just one of the things that landed Capone in jail.

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