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# "The Last Payoff" - Judge Magazine, November 1, 1933 This cartoon satirizes Prohibition's end. The image depicts what appears to be bootleggers or illegal liquor distributors receiving final payments as their underground operations shut down following Prohibition's repeal (December 1933). The editorial text above references the transition: newspapers report poor liquor will flood the legal market as Prohibition ends; the 18th Amendment's repeal is imminent. The commentary notes that bootleggers—who profited during the ban—now face obsolescence as legitimate commerce resumes. "The Last Payoff" caption suggests these illegal operators collecting their final profits before legal alcohol distribution replaces their black-market enterprise. The cartoon mocks how quickly the criminal liquor trade will become unnecessary once legitimate businesses can operate openly.
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nov 71 1933/ ©O©cig 204967 Grorce Jean Natias Riciarp J. Watsu Pare Lorentz Prive Hat Sims | Newsotn Exy JEWSPAPERS report that some IN very poor liquor will be put on the market after repeal and that boot legging will continue, After all, ther nothing like getting used to good liquor adually, ND the Drys will probably charge that repeal was put over on us while our boys were in the reforestation camps. IN OT so long ago we were the ones who had the headache—but now it’s our bootlegger who has it. NDt he repeal of the 18th Amend- ment is expected to give a lot of doctors a writer’s ers nee to cure themselves of The Last Payoff 3 ISTORIANS, no doubt, will point out that the period we have been through was one in which ni Prohibition nor the people of our coun try worked Y S, things certainly cha vy, a mug is somet 1 which you drink beer. A few month ago it was someone from whom you bor ii comicbooks.com