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E.C. Yellowly, Chief of general prohibition agents, in August 1925

Prohibition agents dismantled businesses and houses in the search for illegal alcohol manufacturing

John F. Albin, arrested on March 22, 1929 for disorderly conduct.

Mug shot and arrest record for Lyman G St. Denis from the Prohibition Bureau Seattle Office

Arrest record and mug shot of prohibition era criminal Norman R. Dunn

Violators of Prohibition law were subject to harsh penalties however prohibition related crime would remain rampant until its repeal.

Half-length portrait of prohibition chief A. C. Townsend holding a pipe to his mouth, sitting at a desk in a room in Chicago, Illinois. A stack of papers is sitting on the desk

Manufacture more often than not occurred in rural areas and then transported to urban cities. Prohibition Bureau state headquarters were limited to high population areas which worked to the bootleggers advantage

Interstate moonshine transportation became dangerous as transporters began modifying their cars to drive at faster speeds and enforcers attempted to keep up.

Asst. Secretary of the Treasury and prohibition czar Lincoln C. Andrews and the Commissioner of Prohibition, Roy C. Haynes outside of the House of Representatives.