L.A. Goes Dry!

Posted on January 15, 2010 by lmharnisch
Jan. 15, 1920, Briggs

“That Lonesomest Feeling,” by Clare Briggs.

Jan. 15, 1920, Prohibition

Jan. 15, 1920: “Al Levy, dean of local restaurateurs, has conceived a unique celebration for tomorrow night. His cafe on Spring Street will be draped with black and blue crepe paper. At midnight, a dummy figure symbolic of John Barleycorn will be burned in a garbage can in the center of the dining room. Mr. Levy stated yesterday that he would invite Councilman Fleming to conduct the funeral services.”

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