Elizabeth Walls interview, September 26, 1988.

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Elizabeth Walls interview, September 26, 1988.

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These interviews focus on industry and community reaction to the closing of distilleries during Prohibition. Industry workers and executives, their relatives, local historians, and other residents discuss the economic consequences of Prohibition: the impact on other businesses, unemployment, and the loss of billions of dollars to the federal government in taxes. Although there was decline in living standards most distillers had farms to fall back on, and few faced great hardship. Other topics include bootlegging, the tolerant and protective attitudes of the community, the police, judges, and religious leaders; and temperance groups, which were not very active in the area.

1 sound cassette.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society

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These cards were created by staff of the Kentucky Historical Society. From the description of Kentucky General Assembly biography cards, 1792-1960s. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 671373485 ...

Hibbs, Dixie P.

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Walls, Elizabeth MacLeod, 1974-....

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Mrs. Walls recalls working at the "Kentucky Standard" newspaper, owned and published by her father (Alfred Smith Wathen): remembers what her father said about the closing of the saloons in Bardstown: tells of making home brew in their home, recalls the code used between her father and a Louisville paper company executive to buy whiskey: mentions the closing of the saloons: she names several schools in the county and Bardstown: tells of list kept of those arrested for public intoxication: comment...

Kentucky Oral History Commission

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Acquisitions policy: Under KRS 153.380, the Commission is authorized to coordinate, promote, and develop oral history programs around the state and to maintain a repository for oral history collections. From the description of Repository description, 1900-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915461 ...