Design Patents Trivet

• National Archives Store Exclusive
• Made in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• 100% authentic marble
• 7 3/4 inch square

• Product Description

• Featuring post-Prohibition liquor and beer product labels from the trademark registration files for the years 1933-1934, this trivet will add some good, fun color to your kitchen and dining table.

In 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, commonly referred to as the Volstead Act, which outlawed the production, distribution, and transportation of alcohol. Prohibition officially went into effect on January 16, 1920. Originally envisioned as an age of moral reform for the country, the next decade saw an increase in organized crime, homicides, burglaries, and assaults as gangs supplied speakeasies with smuggled alcohol and law enforcement became overwhelmed.

With public opinion against it, Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigned on repealing Prohibition, which ended in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment.