Pittsburgh loves to drink. In the early twentieth century, Pittsburgh, and western Pennsylvania, had been filled with breweries and distilleries. In fact, Pittsburgh alone had three major breweries: Fort Pitt, Duquesne, and the Independent Brewing Company. Smaller breweries dotted the landscape of Allegheny County. Even the Benedictine monks at St. Vincent Archabbey and Seminary made beer from the grains they grew on farmland. Drinking in Pittsburgh was a tradition. And prohibition didn't do much to stop that.
A phony doctor’s office where “patients” could get prescriptions for medicinal alcohol. Library of Congress.
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