The first legal beer leaving the Pearl Brewery as Prohibition ended at 12:01 a.m. on September 15, 1933 and, as you can see, the brewery was ready. Although Prohibition was ended nationally on December 5th, 1933, Texans had voted to allow the sale of 3.2% beer a few months earlier.
A hitchhiking family waits along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, and other things. He is leaving Macon after learning that a $25 license is required for such work. They are now heading back to Alabama.
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