1920’S SPEAKEASY
CLUB WITH A TREEHOUSE
G'day folks,
We’ve stumbled upon the backyard of
a speakeasy club called the Krazy Kat Club in Washington DC, July 15, 1921. It
looks like they might have decided to move their staff meeting outside to their
treehouse in the heavy heat of July– and nobody is in the mood for business.
Every
workplace should have a backyard treehouse really.
The
club was run by Cleon “Throck” Throckmorton, seen sitting on the terrace of the
treehouse wearing black stockings and standing outside the entrance below.
Despite
prohibition, the club still served liquor to its customers, and was raided many
times from 1918 to about 1925. One of the raids in 1919 happened after a police
officer walking nearby heard a gunshot from the club after midnight.
Twenty-five
people were arrested, including three women — artists, poets and actors,
and even some people who worked for the government by day and played with the
bohemians by night.
Clancy's comment: Wow. How civilized is that, eh?
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