GREENFIELD — The Hancock County Public Library will host Hoosiers & Their Hooch: Perspectives on Prohibition, one of the Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS’s) traveling exhibits, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 31. The exhibit, featuring the rise and fall of prohibition in Indiana and throughout the country, will be on display at the library, 900 W. McKenzie Road, Greenfield.
The exhibit spans the dawn of the temperance movement of the 1900s, the roaring 1920s and the unprecedented repeal of a constitutional amendment during the Great Depression. The sights, sounds and experiences of the time period are brought to life by images and graphics from IHS’s collections.
In addition, the era’s conflicting cultures are demonstrated through colorful historic figures such as Edward S. Shumaker of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, as well as the bootleggers, moonshiners and bathtub gin distillers who found their way around the law in Indiana.
The end of the exhibit gives visitors an update on what has happened between 1933 and the present day, demonstrating the effects prohibition has had on Indiana’s regulatory landscape and how it is represented in modern culture. Hoosiers & Their Hooch: Perspectives on Prohibition is made possible by Kroger.
For more information about this exhibit, call Barb Roark at (317) 462-5141, ext. 232.
About IHS Traveling Exhibitions
Historical societies, museums, libraries, schools and other nonprofit organizations in Indiana can book this and other traveling exhibits through IHS’s Local History Services department. Exhibits may be borrowed for approximately four to five weeks at a time. To book an exhibit, please contact Karen DePauw at [email protected] or (317) 233-3110. For more information about the traveling exhibit program, visit www.indianahistory.org.
