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“If my calculations are right, I shall be 100% drunk this fine evening.” 3″ x 3.5″ Private Collection.
I’m not exactly sure what this amused and dapper gent in evening wear is home distilling, but clear alcohol is never good! I think it was most likely moonshine. Drink up!
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Today is the anniversary of the end of Prohibition (April 7 1933) 82 years ago! Now, that’s a sign I can get behind. Cheers!
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Tintype
Two friends posing together toasting to a beer. This tintype is available on eBay. A great tintype for any collector.
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Dana B. Merrill among young, rowdy subjects. Circa 1910. Private Collection

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Dana B. Merrill was a noted American photographer whose prints are still on sale today. I researched him based on the name and the N.H. in pencil I figured is New Hampshire.
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