Southern Express Co. Liquor Receipt

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Georgia's 1907 ban on the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol was not without loopholes. This receipt from the Southern Express Company, a well-known "jug train," shows that alcohol sales to individuals were allowed in regulated quantities.

Courtesy of Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, #LGH-DOC-IV-4-12.

Southern Express Co. Liquor Receipt

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