RARE PROHIBITION OLD LOG CABIN BACK BAR WHISKEY SIGN AL CAPONES FAVORITE WHISKEY SOLD TO BUGS MORAN GANG Start Price USD 399.99 Current Price USD 399.99 Time Left 17 days 14 hours 49 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 28, 2008 End Time Monday, January 26, 2009 Location WEST CHESTER OHIO See more about 'RARE PROHIBITION OLD LOG CABIN BACK BAR WHISKEY SIGN' Description RARE PROHIBITION OLD LOG CABIN BACK BAR WHISKEY SIGN AL CAPONES FAVORITE WHISKEY SOLD TO BUGS MORAN GANG Condition for age as shown. FRESH FROM A LOCAL CINCINNATI ESTATE RESIDENCE. Scroll all the way down your side tool bar. If pictures don't come up, hit your reload icon on tool bar. Long hidden away from the light of day, this new found treasure is availible for your collection. Nice addition for any RARE BACK BAR PROHIBITION PRE-PROHIBITION OLD LOG CABIN ADVERTISING WHISKEY SIGN collector.Your getting this just the way I found it. Theres 1 scan & the rest are photos. Ever hear of the Purple Gang? Well, they were a street gang out of Detroit during the 20's. The 20's are known for not only the gangs & mobsters, but also for their activities. The Purple gang were no different. The participated in racketeering, money laundering, and bootlegging -among other things. The 20's were the era of prohibition. There was big money in getting hootch across the border into the country. There was a high demand for it, and people would literally kill for it. One of the people that the Purple Gang supplied their bootlegged whiskey to, was Al Capone. Purple's severe brutality and the rise to the top of the Detroit underworld.  Another massacre where they played a role, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The gang supplied Canadian whiskey to the Capone organization in Chicago? How did that come around? Well originally there was so much liquor coming through Detroit that Al Capone decided he was going to set up a base of operation here; well, in 1927 he came here and had a meeting with the Purples and the Italian mobs and told them what his idea was. Well, they told him, basically, "That river belongs to us" and that he wasn't moving in here. And Capone, who was an astute businessman, realized that instead of going to war with the Purples, it would just be easier set them up as his agents in Detroit. So the Purples put a label on Canadian Club whisky and called it Old Log Cabin, a really good quality liquor that they were selling to the Capone's. One of the people that Capone sold Old Log Cabin to was Bugs Moran. Bug Moran decided that he wasn't making enough money off his liquor sales and decided to buy from some hijackers who had an inferior product which Moran was actually selling at a high profit, but his distributors started complaining about the quality and when Moran called Capone and said that he wanted to start selling Old Log Cabin again, Capone said that he was sorry, that he had already sold Moran's consignment to somebody else. So Moran started hijacking the Purple Gang supplied trucks, which probably brought the Purples in on the murder as conspirators. Three of the Purples rented rooms across the street from Moran's warehouse in fact and Abe Bernstein, acting as an anonymous hijacker, set up a deal with Moran to sell Moran a load of hijacked Purple gang liquor that he was willing to sell for a very low price and Moran agreed to meet him at his now famous garage. The role of the Purples were the spotters, they watched the Moran's enter the garage and then tipped off a group of hitmen from a gang called Egan's Rats. That was why Moran lived, the Purples mistook Al Wienshank as Moran." Chalk or plaster construction. Nice rich crisp stand out colors. Has real nice intricate detail & is embossed. This has a couple of minor chips in an area that really doesn't affect it. This is in really great condition to most I've seen . Its almost impossible to find one of these that doesn't have some flakes or chips. I think you will be happy with this item. I don't think you could find one in better condition. The canadian distiller that made this brand was probably owned by national distillers or copyrighted in 1934 after prohibition. Measures 4 & 1/4 X 6 & 1/2 X 12". Check out all my other EBAY auctions. Came out of a local CINCINNATI OHIO ESTATE. Buying as is, no returns. If you want to see my other auctions just pop on VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS at top right hand corner of listing page. I accept Paypal. PAYMENT TERMS: We accept PayPal. I will only ship to a confirmed PayPal address, no exceptions. If you have a confirmed paypal address, payment will only be accepted if the confirmed address name matches the EBAY winning bidders name. Payment to be received within 7 days of auction end. We are not responsible for lost, uninsured packages.      Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.146.0 Place a Bid!