https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/a03273e19dec25406d19865c05ced030.jpg e92d3a7b494c7f22bc22cae24ce4f13c Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Decanter Set (July 2016) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Banks III, Jesse Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-07-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jennifer Shook Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Description An account of the resource John Nicholas Brown II and Anne Kinsolving Brown were young adults during the height of Prohibition, which lasted from 1920-1933. Prohibition in the United States did not, as hoped, make alcohol difficult to come by, but it did encourage a bit of creativity, and a change in how and where Americans drank. Before Prohibition, drinking as a social activity belonged to men. Wealthy men drank together in social clubs or tucked away in back parlors, separate from women. Prohibition era restrictions moved drinking into private spaces with men and women together sipping from “cocktails,” or mixed drinks. Cocktails became fashionable during Prohibition out of necessity. Liquor distilled at home needed to be mixed with something sweet to be as drinkable as manufactured brands. The popularity of cocktails and cocktail parties outlived Prohibition itself: John and Anne Brown enjoyed cocktails in their study after dinner. A decanter set like this one would be used for holding whiskey or brandy, both popular cocktail liquors.