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1928 in Review: Prohibition, Talkies, Hoover Victory
A brisk snapshot of 1928 noting bath tub gin and speakeasies, silent to sound film shifts, The Lights of New York opening on July 6 at Strand NYC, Germany’s Zeppelin flight to New Jersey, Hoover defeating Smith, and the era’s dangers with the St Francis dam disaster and Times Square subway wreck.
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New York
Strand
New York City
Germany
New Jersey
Herbert C. Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Silent Cal Coolidge
St. Francis
Los Angeles
Times Square