Let’s remember when authorities found 1,200 quarts of beer in Seattle, on this day in 1924 (February 26)
Prohibition was one of the most ill-advised periods in US history, and looking back, it’s hilarious to think of what effect beer had in scandalizing the population. 95 years ago, that became a reality when the King County Sheriff’s Office found a whole lot of beer.
On February 26, 1924, during Prohibition, a search warrant is issued for a King County Deputy Sheriff to search 1406 6th Avenue in downtown Seattle. The Deputy Sheriff(s) finds 1,200 quarts of beer.
Prohibition, outlawing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, took effect in Washington state in 1916. The year 1919 marked ratification of the “bone dry” Prohibition amendment to the U.S. Constitution, making the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages illegal throughout the nation. The Prohibition amendment was repealed in 1933.
