Oklahoma Dry and Kansas Wet - Saloon Raids

Oklahoma Dry and Kansas Wet - Saloon Raids Oklahoma City Police, not in uniform, out of station, into car carrying axes & crowbars. Raiding an illicit saloon in old wooden building. Small bar carried outside & bottles removed. 03:46:01 Kansas, The Country Club Saloon by railroad tracks, men going in. 03:46:15 Police stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas inspect men crossing the bridge into Kansas City, Missouri - still wet. Street scene of Kansas City which has thirty saloons in one block, supported by visitors across the state line. 03:46:40 Men in demonstration carrying banner “Wet or Dry - we will have work or know the reason why” - men forced into unemployment by Prohibition. Small children with banner “Our Papa hasn’t worked since Jan 1st” . Crying child with placard “Won’t Somebody please give my Daddy a job” Brewery worker w/ wife & seven children. Stand w/ placards. 03:47:56 Beginning of item repeated - Oklahoma City Police, not in uniform, out of station and into car carrying axes and crowbars. Raiding an illicit saloon. Small bar carried outside and bottles removed. Kansas saloon, men going in. Prohibition; Social Crime; 1927; Anti-Alcohol; Liquor; 1920s; Protests; Unemployment;