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| Title | Keystone Liquor Company signs at start of Prohibition, Seattle, ca. 1916 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1916 |
| Caption | In Washington state, Prohibition lasted from 1916 until 1933. During that time, making, selling, owning, or drinking alcoholic beverages was against the law. This photo shows farewell signs in the windows of a liquor store. |
| Notes | Signs in image: We've Got Ours - Come In and Get Yours Before It Is Too late - Open Evenings.
Handwritten on sleeve: Keystone Liquor Co.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Liquor stores--Washington (State)--Seattle; Alcoholic beverages--Washington (State)--Seattle; Prohibition--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.12279 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 47459 |
