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130th Anniversary of the Iowa City Beer Riots, Iowa City Beer Caves
Building owner Marc Moen ivestigates a room of the Iowa City beer caves beneath Brewery Square in Iowa City on July 30, 2014. The caves were used by beer brewers in the late 1800's as the temperature and humidity were ideal for brewing beer. August 13th is the 130th anniversary of the 1884 Iowa City "beer riots" in which townspeople and brewers lashed out against local authorities over enfornement of local prohibition laws. (Justin Torner/Freelance for the Gazette)
Photo ID: 939464_BEER_RIOT-4
Photo size: 6.0 Mpixels (17.2 MB uncompressed) - 3000x2000 pixels (10x6.7 in / 25.4x16.9 cm at 300 ppi)