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A Pair of "bootlegs" found in the office of Lincoln C. Andrews
The term "Bootleg" came out of the common practice of hiding illegal liquor in leg of the boot to transport the contraband liquid. In this photo Miss Hattie Klawans, clerk in the office of the prohibition czar, wears her new Russian boots which were…
Agents destroy confiscated beer.
A Consignment recently received from Phila., Pa. 749 cases of beer (18,000) bottles were today destroyed in the District of Columbia
Bottles and barrel of confiscated whiskey
Bottles and barrel of confiscated bootlegged whiskey taken by Prohibition Bureau agents
Cases of whiskey confiscated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Cases of whiskey confiscated by Internal Revenue and Prohibition agents during Prohibition.
Cow Shoes
Fashioned by rumrunners, these shoe modifications would disguise footprints in order to confuse Prohibition agents and local authorizes.
Cow Shoes 2
Agents photographed evidence of what techniques bootleggers were using escape capture.
Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the prohibition era
Prohibition agents with local police officers conducted raids on illegal distilleries
E.C. Yellowly, Chief of general prohibition agents
E.C. Yellowly, Chief of general prohibition agents, in August 1925
IRS Agents carrying packages of confiscated liquour
Two agents carry packages of confiscated liquor past two black men
Mug shots of the conspirators with vital statistics: Ernest C. Kyle
Violators of Prohibition law were subject to harsh penalties however prohibition related crime would remain rampant until its repeal.