Prohibition Agents at Leisy

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Prohibition Agents at Leisy
Prohibition agents and other federal officers watch as the beer tanks are emptied at Leisy Brewery. National Prohibition took effect in 1920, forcing all of Cleveland's breweries to decide upon a course of action. Some companies permanently closed, while some switched to the production of ice cream or drinks such as juice, soda, and near-beer. Leisy's limited line of non-alcoholic beverages was expanded with the onset of Prohibition, and the company made soda, root beer, orangeade, and ginger ale. But the Leisy plant closed in 1923, selling all of its equipment. It did not reopen until the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.

| Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
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