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Americans in Paris celebrate in a two-fisted manner the repeal of Prohibition in their homeland in this photo taken on Dec. 21, 1933. The 21st Amendment was ratified two weeks earlier, ending 13 years of Prohibition, the increasingly unpopular ban on alcohol.

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Eight months earlier, on April 7, 1933, beer was legalized, effectively bringing back the good old days for drinkers. The front page of The New York Times described scenes of celebration, with headlines like “Jollity Reigns Supreme.” Just one complaint was widely heard, The Times reported: In many places, the supply wasn't equal to the demand. Our headlines the following day — “Supply Soon Exhausted,” “Beer Flood Fails to Meet Demand” and “Brewers Here Swamped.”

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