This 1929 photograph of George Gonzales’s restaurant and bar in Newark, N.J., 1929, comes from the Hoboken Public Library.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — “Jersey Spirits: Prohibition from Flappers to Bootleggers,” on view at the Morris Museum to December 11, will have museumgoers stepping back in time to a period of flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and leaders of the temperance movement.

The exhibition about the tumultuous Prohibition era in the Garden State explores how local figures boldly produced, smuggled and sold alcohol during the years of 1920 to 1933. It also delves into the moral, religious and political sentiments that shaped America’s “noble experiment” and considers how the horrors of excessive drinking and the cry for social reform fueled the temperance and suffragist movements.

Visitors will experience the battle between the “wets” and the “drys” through fashions of the Roaring Twenties, including flapper dresses, hairstyles and cigarette holders; authentic barware and flasks; historic photographs and propaganda materials, along with period music, dance, literature and films.

The museum is at 6 Normandy Heights Road.

For additional information www.morrismuseum.org or 973-971-3700.

This bar set comprises a cocktail shaker with red Bakelite handle and matching glasses on period tray, circa 1930s, chrome; private collection.

Alice Paul, New Jersey-born national suffragist leader, September 3, 1920. —Library of Congress photo

Beadlite mesh handbag, circa 1930, metal and enamel; collection of the Morris Museum.

Whiskey flask with monogram plate, left, pewter, circa 1920s, private collection; and a leather-bound vintage hip flask features “window” in leather so the amount of remaining alcohol is visible, circa 1930s; private collection.

Photo of the Ralston Cider Mill in Mendham, N.J., a working museum and an educational center that explores the history of the mill from a grist mill to a cider mill and applejack distillery and the historic importance of apples to America, especially in New Jersey.

Signed Chase Art Deco holiday cocktail set with gaiety shaker, circa 1930s, chrome; private collection.

Shown from left are an evening dress, circa 1920, black silk with surface decorations of clear and white beads, gift of Mrs Joseph Decker; a beaded flapper evening dress, 1926–27, velvet decorated with rhinestones, sequins and beads, gift of Mrs Ralph Grossman; and an evening dress, circa 1920s, chiffon, beads, gift of Cathy Simms.