Prohibition - Windsor, Ontario - Murals on Waymarking.com

Mural- Prohibition

Artists: Steven Johnson assisted by Mark Williams, Mike Mascarin, Steven Lauzon & Glen Donaldson 1999
From the mural:
Prohibition

"Prohibition- and the Roaring Twenties-
was that wild and hysterical age
that ushered in speakeasies, blind pigs,
flappers, bootleggers and gangsters...
It was a time when, on the side of the of the Detroit River, one could see the rum runners
guiding old jalopies loaded down with bourbon and Canadian whiskey
across the ice in the dead of night...
it was a time when one might spot young women with kiss curls and long scarves
skating across the river- their undergarments stuffed with booze
It was a time when this was stomping ground for
small-time new paper vendors and cabbies suddenly making it rich
in the so-call export business of selling booze..
it was also a time when the big guns of the liquor trade-
the Purple Gang, 'Scarface', Al Capone, Harry Low, Cecil Smith, Jim Cooper-
could be seen watching over shipments
down at the government docks in old Ford City...
It was a time when one could walk into a pool room in Ford City...
Slap down a bet on a horse, buy a drink, and maybe even dance a little in the back...
There has never been a time to make the colour and the charm
and tragedy and triumph of this period..."

Marty Gervais, author of "The Rumrunners"

Marty Gervais wrote "Rumrunners" describing the goings on within Ford City and surrounding areas during the prohibition era.

City: Windsor Location Name: 1200 Droulliard Rd. Artist: Steven Johnson Date: 1999 Media: Brick building Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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