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Learn more about the history of Prohibition and Anheuser-Busch's role
- When Beer Returned: A Narrative on Beer Deliveries Following the Repeal of Prohibition
- Budweiser’s Legacy: Historical Facts and Firsts
- Historic Advertising: Prohibition Era Marketing of Budweiser
- The Clydesdales: How They Became Associated With Anheuser-Busch Following the Cullen-Harrison Act
- The Economic Impact of Brewing: How the 18th Amendment Significantly Affected the U.S. Workforce and Economy
Historical Photos
- August A. Busch, Jr. addresses the nation on KMOX CBS Radio from Anheuser-Busch’s Bevo bottling plant a few minutes prior to the official return of beer, which occurred at 12:01 a.m. on April 7.
- St. Louis brewery workers load post-Prohibition Budweiser onto trucks for delivery.
- Eberhard Anheuser II hands off a case of post-Prohibition Budweiser to a TWA pilot whose air express flight is destined for Newark Airport in the early morning hours of April 7, 1933.
- A crowd estimated at 25,000 gathered at Anheuser-Busch’s Bevo bottling plant before midnight on April 6 to be among the first St. Louisans to taste post-Prohibition Budweiser.
- Adolphus Busch III, August A. Busch, Sr. and August A. Busch, Jr. display a case of Budweiser labeled for delivery to The White House.
- The Budweiser Clydesdales pose in front of the national capitol during the soon-to-be world-famous icons’ tour of the Northeast following the repeal of Prohibition.
- Onlookers gather along 34th Street in New York City as the Budweiser Clydesdales arrive to deliver one of the first cases of post-Prohibition Budweiser to fmr. New York Governor Al Smith. (From: The New York Times)
- Former New York Governor Al Smith receives one of the first cases of post-Prohibition Budweiser from John Maier, manager of Anheuser-Busch’s New York City operations, in front of the Empire State Building on April 7, 1933.
- Budweiser bottle (ca. 1920-1932). This was a “near-beer” brewed in the traditional Budweiser lager style and de-alcoholized to ˝ of 1 percent, in accordance with the law.