Entitled: "Silver City men erect Barleycorn monument." Tombstone dedicated to John Barleycorn giving his death as January 16, 1920, the date of the ratification of the 18th Amendment, on the grounds of the 1711 Club in Meriden, Connecticut. The character of John Barleycorn in the song is a personification of the important cereal crop barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky. National Photo Company, 1920