History Lectures
America Goes Dry
Monday through Friday; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The idea to control the consumption of alcohol was developing for nearly a century before passage of an amendment to the Constitution. So what went wrong? How did an idea meant to improve not just people’s lives but people themselves instead spawn an epidemic of lawlessness and violence?
Cost: Call 312-799-2162 or e-mail grouptours@chicagohistory.org
Group size: Minimum 10, maximum 55 people
Duration: 60 minutes
Gangland Chicago
Monday through Friday; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Take a photographic tour of Chicago in the Prohibition era. The lecture features a host of historic images from the Chicago History Museum's collection to tell stories of the Prohibition era in Chicago, including the growth of the temperance movement, Chicago's bootlegging industry, the rise of Al Capone's empire and his eventual downfall. It's all here in black and white (photographs).
Cost: Call 312-799-2162 or e-mail grouptours@chicagohistory.org
Group size: Minimum 10, maximum 55 people
Duration: 45 minutes
