Cow Shoes

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Title

Cow Shoes

Subject

Prohibition Era Cow Shoes

Description

Fashioned by rumrunners, these shoe modifications would disguise footprints in order to confuse Prohibition agents and local authorizes.

Creator

Treasury Department

Source

Library of Congress

Publisher

Library of Congress

Date

1924

Rights

No Known Restriction

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

5 x 7 in

Citation

Treasury Department, “Cow Shoes,” History of the Prohibition Bureau, accessed May 4, 2024, https://prohibitionbureauhistory.omeka.net/items/show/46.

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