Tag Archives: working class
Prohibition as Class Warfare
The main target of Prohibition advocates was the working class saloon. Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Amendment, history, immigrants, incarceration, poisoned alcohol, Prohibition, saloons, Volstead Act, working class
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Americans Discover Vacation: Finding the Time
The history of American vacationing in the 19th and early 20th century is a story of gradual growth in the number of people who went on vacation and the places they choose to go. But by well into the 20th … Continue reading
Posted in Americans Discover Vacation, History, Travel
Tagged camping, history, labor, travel, unions, vacation, working class
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Growing Up in the 50’s: The Shop
My father had his own small business where he worked with his brother and their father. They repaired electric motors. The motors they repaired were about the size of footballs and generally came from appliances like washing machines or refrigerators. … Continue reading
