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Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson (January 20, 1883 - December 9, 1968) was an Atlantic City political boss, sheriff of Atlantic County, businessman, and crime boss who was the leader of the political machine that controlled Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government from the 1910s until his conviction and imprisonment in 1941.
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), [7] a political figure who rises to prominence and controls Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Nucky interacts with historical characters in both his personal and political life ...
During the United States' Prohibition era (1920-1933), Atlantic City, New Jersey, began booming as a coastal resort town where gambling, prostitution and other illicit activities were allowed. Racketeering also took place in Atlantic City during Enoch L. Johnson's term as mayor.
Nucky Johnson's Organization was a corrupt political machine based in Atlantic City, New Jersey that held power during the Prohibition era. Its boss, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, coordinated the Organizations' bootlegging, gambling, racketeering, and prostitution activities. [1]
Atlantic City Boardwalk crowd in front of Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel in 1911 Consilio et prudentia, Atlantic City's motto, along with its coat of arms on historic Boardwalk Hall, built during prohibition, which lasted from 1919 to 1933 Haddon Hall Hotel depicted on a mid-1930s postcard
Michael "Mickey" Duffy (born William Michael Cusick; 1888 - August 30, 1931) -- also known as John Murphy and George McEwen-- was a Polish-American mobster and rival of Maxie "Boo Boo" Hoff during Prohibition. He became one of the most famous and powerful beer bootleggers in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. [2]
Through the first half of the 20th century, Lucy served as a restaurant, business office, cottage, and tavern (the last closed by Prohibition). The building was depicted on many souvenir postcards, often referred to as "The Elephant Hotel of Atlantic City." (The actual hotel was in a nearby building, not inside the elephant.)
The Clicquot Club has been called "the leading white nightclub" in Atlantic City. [14] [15] In 1945 popular black bandleader Mandy Ross was booked into an engagement at the club, and a white vocalist refused to perform with the band. [15] In 1946, Eleanor Sherry and Her Swinghearts performed at the club. [16]