Emma Wilson Brown interview, September 27, 1988.

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Emma Wilson Brown interview, September 27, 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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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 ...

Brown, Emma Wilson,

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Ms. Brown speaks of teaching school, school books, items supplied school: mentions the community of Samuels: remembers bootlegging, some whiskey was stolen from distilleries, some women drove and would haul loads of whiskey, explains bootlegging term "buy the road", most people in Bloomfield went to Fairfield to buy whiskey: says that a lot of people made home brew: she does not think the Great Depression had much affect on her: mentions a church building in Bloomfield shared by two congregation...