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How Prohibition shook Pittsburgh 100 years ago, and how alcohol still flowed

Paul Guggenheimer
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Pre-Prohibition bottles of Old Overholt (left), Guckenheimer Pure Rye and Old Bridgeport whiskey at The Speakeasy inside the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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A bottle of Old Bridgeport straight rye from Nov. 30, 1911, shown at The Speakeasy inside the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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Bob Page, director of sales and marketing at the Omni William Penn Hotel, inside The Speakeasy — a Prohibition-era bar beneath the hotel lobby in Downtown Pitttsburgh.
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A National Prohibition Act prescription is on display at The Speakeasy at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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The Speakeasy at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pitttsburgh.
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A bottle of Overholt Whiskey from April 7, 1913, at The Speakeasy inside the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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The Speakeasy at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pitttsburgh.
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The Speakeasy at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pitttsburgh.

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