Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. The Beer Bill, put into effect on April 7, 1933, was the first step in dismantling the National Prohibition Act. A few months later, on December 5, 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment was ratified, completely repealing the act.; This event took place at Eastside Brewery, located at 1920-2026 E. Main Street in Lincoln Heights. Photograph caption dated April 7, 1933 reads, "When the first truckload of beer rolled away from a Los Angeles brewery as beer became legal just after midnight, Jean Harlow, beautiful platinum film star, 'christened' it by breaking a bottle of geer [sic] over it. Left to right, R. Mentier, Miss Harlow, Walter Huston, noted actor, and Charles J. Hick, brewery manager."
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Harlow, Jean,--1911-1937 Huston, Walter,--1884-1950 Eastside Brewery (Los Angeles, Calif.) Eastside Brewery (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees Beer--California--Los Angeles Breweries--California--Los Angeles Breweries--California--Los Angeles--Employees Beer industry--California--Los Angeles Beer industry--California--Los Angeles--Employees Trucks--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Prohibition--United States Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Publicity photographs Night photographs
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