How Dry I Ain’t: Prohibition – the Ignoble Experiment that Failed

John Freeman will share his research into Prohibition in the Bay Area.

The attitude toward Prohibition and its enforcement was lax and pretty consistent for for 8 of the 9 Bay Area Counties (Santa Clara County was a lot more righteous about enforcement). San Mateo County, from the speakeasies of Colma & San Bruno, stills in the hills, and the supply of Canadian Whiskey coming ashore in the dog holes along the coast, was about as “wet” as San Francisco or Marin! 

Join us to learn more about it.

host: Amy Boggs